Psalms 69:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. ”

Psalms 69:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let their table become a snare before them - These verses are quoted by Paul Romans 11:9-10 as descriptive of the character of persons in his time, or as “language” which would express what he...
Psalms 69:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their (s) loins continually to shake. (s) Take both judgment and power from them, ( Acts 1:20 ).
Psalms 69:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
Psalms 69:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. The Psalmist here refers chiefly to two powers of the body, those of the eyes and of the loins; and I have no hesitation in consi...
Psalms 69:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Psalms 69:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not - just retribution, seeing that they would not see, but...
Psalms 69:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 suf...
Psalms 69:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Their eyes. — The darkened eyes and trembling limbs (comp. Nahum 2:10 ; Daniel 5:6 ) are expressive of terror and dismay.
Psalms 69:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 69:1-36 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...
Psalms 69:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Jehovah Heareth the Needy” Psalms 69:18-36 In Psalms 69:19-21 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both...
Psalms 69:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 te...
Psalms 69:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We may accept these verses as so many expressions of prophecy, which were literally fulfilled, as our Lord elsewhere predicted, in the siege and overthrow of Jerusalem, about forty years after the as...
Psalms 69:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

MISUSED PRIVILEGES AN OCCASION OF FALLING ‘Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal: and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling....
Psalms 69:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not ,.... Not literally, the eyes of their bodies; but figuratively, the eyes of their understanding; which were so darkened, and they given up to such judi...
Psalms 69:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Ver. 23. Let their eyes be darkened ] Let them be infatuated and besotted, that they may go hoodwinked to...
Psalms 69:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let their eyes , &c. Their eyes shall be darkened Not the eyes of their bodies, (for, in that sense, the prediction was neither accomplished in David's nor in Christ's enemies,) but of their m...
Psalms 69:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Pleading with God; Prophetic Imprecations. 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have b...
Psalms 69:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their eyes; not the eyes of their bodies, (for so this was not accomplished in David's nor in Christ's enemies,) but of their minds, that they may not discern God's truth, nor their own duty, nor t...
Psalms 69:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 69:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 69:23 We are familiar with the comments that are often made on inspired words like these. "What a spirit," men say, "is here! How unlike the mild, tender, charitable spirit of our Master, C...
Psalms 69:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Je...
Psalms 69:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time. The compassionable, commendable, and censurable I. The compassionable. The representation which the author here gives of hi...
Psalms 69:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 69:7-19 ). It is said to be "written i...
Psalms 69:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Plea for Vengeance
Psalms 69:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:14 ; Acts 28:26 ; Acts 28:27 ; Daniel 5:6 ; Deuteronomy 28:65-67 ; Isaiah 21:3 ; Isaiah 21:4 ; Isaiah 29:10 ; Isaiah 29:9 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 6:9 ; Jeremiah 30:6 ; Joh...
Psalms 69:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Eyes — Not the eyes of their bodies, but of their minds: as they that shut their eyes and will not see, so they shall be judicially blinded. To shake — To take away their strength.

Psalms 69:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 69:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 69:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 69:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 69:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 69:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 69:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 69:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 69:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 69:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 69:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 69:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 69:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 69:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 69:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 69:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 69:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes