“ Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. ”
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach - In thy cause; in defense of thy truth; because I have professed to be a friend of God. The true reason why these calamities have come upon me is that...
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...
7 For on thy account I have suffered reproach He now expresses more distinctly what he had stated ironically in the fifth verse, where he asserts that his faults were not hidden from God. Na...
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. For thy sake I have borne reproach - The Gentiles have said, "Why such an obstinate attachment to the worship of a Being who tr...
For thy sake— i.e. "Merely because I adhere to thee, and will use no unlawful means to right myself." See 1 Samuel 24:10 ; 1 Samuel 24:22 .
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...
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...
Because. — Better, for. For thy sake. — It is plain from Psalms 69:9 that these words can only mean that the reproach under which the psalmist (or the community of which he was the spokesman...
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...
a Cry out of Deep Waters Psalms 69:1-17 This psalm and the Psalms 22:1-31 are quoted most often in the New Testament as referring to our Lord. Psalms 69:1-36 is very sad. Throughout we dete...
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...
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 belo...
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach ,.... Being reckoned a sinner, called a deceiver, said to be a Samaritan, and to have a devil; with many other reproaches, which he bore patiently for the...
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. Ver. 7. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach ] Whatever mine enemies pretend, they strike at thee, Lord, through my si...
Because for thy sake For my trust in thy promises, obedience to thy commands, and zeal for thy glory; “because I adhere to thee, and will use no unlawful means to right myself;” I have borne repro...
Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim. A psalm of David. 1 Save me, O God; for the water...
For thy sake; for my trust in thy promise, and obedience to thy commands, and zeal for thy glory, and against all wickedness; all which they turn into matter of derision and reproach. My face; in...
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...
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 clas...
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...
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 su...
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...
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 s...
Hebrews 12:2 ; Isaiah 50:6 ; Isaiah 53:3 ; Jeremiah 15:15 ; John 15:21-24 ; Luke 23:11 ; Luke 23:35-37 ; Matthew 26:67 ; Matthew 26:68 ; Matthew 27:29 ; Matthew 27:30 ; Matthew 27:38-44 ;...
The Psalm of the Trespass Offering Psalms 69:1-21 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 t...
For thy sake — For my obedience to thy commands, and zeal for thy glory.