Psalms 69:12

the song. the mocking song.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They that sit in the gate speak against me - The gates of cities were places of concourse; places where business was transacted; places where cou...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. They that sit in the gate - At the gates were the courts for publi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The gate ] the open space beside the city gate where worthless loafers gathered.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the gate... — The place of public resort where justice was administered. (See Psalms 9:14 Note.) And I was the song. — Literally, and song...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
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 u...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 h...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 e...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 digni...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim. A psalm...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 confluen...
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 Psalm...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 th...
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 h...
The Biblical Illustrator

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--...
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 G...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 m...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They that sit in the gate, the nobles, the leaders of the people, speak against Me; and I was the song of drunkards, of drinkers of strong drink, t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:26 ; Acts 4:27 ; Daniel 5:23 ; Daniel 5:2-4 ; Deuteronomy 16:18 ; Job 30:8 ; Job 30:9 ; Luke 23:2 ; Mark 15:17-19 ; Psalms 35:15 ;...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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 Calvar...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That sit — Vain and idle persons, that spend their time in the gates and markets.

¹² They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.c

Related Commentaries of Psalms 69:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 69:12