When I wept, &c.— When I bemoaned my soul with fasting. Psalms 69:12. They that sit in the gate] i.e. As it is generally interpreted, the judges or chief persons of the state; for the gates of cities were the places of judicature, as we have had occasion frequently to remark. But St. Hilary interprets this of those who sat to beg at the gates of the city; which seems a more probable interpretation, better to agree with the design of the Psalmist, and to suit with the drunkards mentioned in the next clause.
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Psalms 69:10
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.