Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for (h) my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
(h) Do not let my evil entreaty of the enemy be an opportunity for the faithful to fall from you.
Verse Psalms 69:6. _BE ASHAMED FOR MY SAKE_] The sins of the Jews were a great stumbling-block in the way of the conversion of the Gentiles. They had been the _peculiar people_ of the Lord. "How," sa...
LET NOT THEM THAT WAIT ON THEE - Those who worship thee; those who are thy true friends. True piety is often, in the Scriptures, represented as waiting on the Lord. See Psalms 25:3, Psalms 25:5; Psalm...
PSALM 69-72 Psalms 69 The Suffering and Rejected Christ _ 1. Hated without a cause (Psalms 69:1)_ 2. Bearing reproach (Psalms 69:7) 3. His own prayer ...
LXIX. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE AND REVENGE. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship (Psalms 69:9). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches of tho...
LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4.. GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 29:23....
The Psalmist appeals to God for help, pleading the extremity of his plight....
Chastisement is not undeserved; but he commits himself to the mercy of the Omniscient, and pleads for a hearing on the ground that the cause of all God's servants is bound up with his cause. If he is...
Let not those that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord, Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel. Cp. Psalms 25:3; Psalms 38:15-16....
PSALMS 69 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Pictures of Distress and Outcries for Deliverance, followed by Imprecations on Cruel Enemies, and by Promises of Praise. ANALYSIS This psalm is almost certainly Composit...
_O GOD, THOU KNOWEST MY FOOLISHNESS; AND MY SINS ARE NOT HID FROM THEE._ -He appeals in support of his prayer to God's knowledge that he suffers reproach and estrangement, as if he were foolish and s...
This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31, 35, 38,, 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his suffer...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
LET NOT THEM. — We again meet the feeling so common in the Psalms (see especially Psalms 44:17), that the sufferings of any member of Israel must bring dishonour on the name of Jehovah and on His reli...
_[Psalms 69:7]_ אַל ־יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ בִ֨י ׀ קֹוֶיךָ֮ אֲדֹנָ֥י...
Psalms 69:1 THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms 69:35. The supposition that Jeremiah was the a...
A CRY OUT OF DEEP WATERS Psalms 69:1 This psalm and the Psalms 22:1 are quoted most often in the New Testament as referring to our Lord. Psalms 69:1 is very sad. Throughout we detect a heart-break. T...
Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and ter...
Reader! is not this a sweet prayer of Jesus, that none of his redeemed may ever take shame at his cross, but rather glory in it? And observe how the cause of the Father is pointed at in all that belon...
6_O Jehovah, Lord of Hosts! let not them that wait for thee be ashamed in me. _David declares that he is set forth as an example from which all the people of God may derive matter either of hope or de...
Psalms 69. The state of soul of which this most important psalm is the expression demands the utmost attention and patient inquiry. We have all along seen the remnant of Israel before us, or Christ as...
LET NOT THEM THAT WAIT ON THEE, O LORD GOD OF HOSTS, BE ASHAMED FOR MY SAKE,.... Of their expectation of redemption and salvation by the Messiah, they have been waiting upon the Lord for; when they sh...
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. Ver. 6. Let not them … be ashamed for my sake] Gi...
_Let not them that wait on thee_ The truly pious, who believe thy promises, and look to thee for the fulfilment of them; who are conscious of their own weakness, and of the insufficiency of all human...
THE MESSIAH'S VICARIOUS SUFFERING. To the chief musician, for use in the public assembly of the congregation, upon Shoshannim, to be sung to the melody "On the Lilies. " The psalm is referred to seven...
Let not them that wait on Thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for My sake, His prayer being that those who were depending upon Him for their salvation and thus putting their trust in the true God al...
1-12 We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer here spoken of, and ask why, as well as what he suffered, that, meditating thereon, we may be more humbled for sin, and more convinced of...
THEM THAT WAIT ON THEE, i.e. thy godly people, who rely upon thy promises which thou hast made to all thine in general, and to me in a special manner, wherein they also are concerned. ASHAMED, i.e. fr...
Psalms 69:6 wait H6960 (H8802) Lord H136 GOD H3069 hosts H6635 ashamed H954 (H8799) seek H1245 ...
We shall read together at this time a part of the 69 th Psalm, and afterwards two passages in the New Testament. Although there is no doubt that this Psalm is intended to describe a very large class o...
CONTENTS: David complains of great distress and begs God to succor him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When the waters of affliction rise about us, the only course is to commit the keeping of o...
The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Jew...
_Let not them that wait on Thee, O Lord, be ashamed for my sake._ ESPRIT DE CORPS This poet is afraid that if he misbehaves himself people will exalt themselves against God, and say with mocking laug...
_Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul._ HUMAN SUFFERING I. Man’s sufferings are sometimes overwhelmingly great. This shows-- 1. The abnormal state of man. Was man made to suffer...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:1. This is an individual lament. A faithful Israelite is suffering for wrongs he has done (v. Psalms 69:5). Attackers take advantage of his
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:6 The singer knows his sin could result in some of the faithful (THOSE WHO HOPE IN YOU) being scorned. He prays that this will not happen....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “_To the chief musician_.” See the introduction to Psalms 57. “_Upon Shoshannim_. See the introduction to Psa...
EXPOSITION THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account of his own sins (Psalms 69:5), but mainly for the sake of God (Psalms 69:7). It is said to be "written in the style of...
The sixty-ninth psalm is a Messianic psalm. That is, it is a psalm of prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. And there are many scriptures within the psalm here that make reference to Jesus Christ. Save me...
2 Samuel 23:3; Acts 13:17; Acts 13:23; Acts 4:7; Isaiah 49:23;...
THE PSALM OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING Psalms 69:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The 69th Psalm, which we are to study today, is one of those great Calvary Psalms which stir our souls. Like other Psalms there are...
For my sake — Because of my sad disappointments. For if they see me forsaken, they will be discouraged by this example....