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Verse Psalms 69:12. _THEY THAT SIT IN THE GATE_] At the gates were
the courts for public justice; _there_ were complaints lodged, and
causes heard. No doubt many vexatious complaints were made agains...
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THEY THAT SIT IN THE GATE SPEAK AGAINST ME - The gates of cities were
places of concourse; places where business was transacted; places
where courts were frequently held. See the notes at Job 29:7. Co...
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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 ...
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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...
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THE SONG. the mocking song....
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Such discouragement must be the inevitable consequence if he is
abandoned, for it is for God's sake that he is persecuted and defamed.
Comp. the plea of the nation in Psalms 44:14 ff....
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They that sit in the gate talk of me,
And the songs of them that drink strong drink (make sport of me).
In the gate where men gather to hear the last gossip as well as to
transact business (Psalms 9...
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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...
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_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...
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69:12 drunkards. (a-17) Lit. 'drinkers of strong drink.'...
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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...
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THE GATE] the open space beside the city gate where worthless loafers
gathered....
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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...
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IN THE GATE... — The place of public resort where justice was
administered. (See Psalms 9:14 Note.)
AND I WAS THE SONG. — Literally, _and songs of those drinking strong
drink,_ but we must supply the...
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_[Psalms 69:13]_ יָשִׂ֣יחוּ בִ֭י יֹ֣שְׁבֵי
שָׁ֑עַר וּ֝...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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They that (l) sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song
of the drunkards.
(l) The more he sought to win them to God, the more they were against
him both the poor and the rich....
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Oh! how precious are these words of our Christ! And how were they all
fulfilled in his own sacred person! When he came to his own, his own
received him not. And was not Jesus treated worse than a stra...
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12._They who sit in the gate defame me _Had David been molested only
by vulgar buffoons and the refuse of the people, it would have been
more easily endured; for it is not surprising that mean persons...
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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...
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THEY THAT SIT IN THE GATE SPEAK AGAINST ME,.... The princes,
magistrates, and judges, who sat in the gates of cities, heard and
tried causes, and executed judgment there; the elders of the city; see
R...
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They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of
the drunkards.
Ver. 12. _They that sit in the gate_] Men of authority and dignity,
who should have showed more grace and gravity. T...
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_When I wept_ For their impiety, and the reproaches they cast upon God
and godliness; _and chastened my soul with fasting_ That is, either my
body or myself; _that was my reproach_ They derided me for...
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DRUNKARDS:
_ Heb._ drinkers of strong drink...
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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...
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THEY THAT SIT IN THE GATE; either,
1. Vain and idle persons, that spend their time in the gates and
markets, in which there used to be a confluence of people. Or rather,
2. The judges and magistrates...
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Psalms 69:12 sit H3427 (H8802) gate H8179 speak H7878 (H8799) song
H5058 drunkards H8354 (H8802)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:9 REPROACH means to despise or insult. This
idea was introduced in v. Psalms 69:7 and dominates this section....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 4:26; Acts 4:27; Daniel 5:23; Daniel 5:2; Deuteronomy 16:18;...
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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...
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That sit — Vain and idle persons, that spend their time in the gates
and markets....