Psalms 69:23

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

Related Commentaries of 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 t...
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 1:2...
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

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...
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 - jus...
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

A prayer that blindness and paralysis may fall upon the Psalmist's enemies.
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.
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

“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,...
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

We may accept these verses as so many expressions of prophecy, which were literally fulfilled, as our Lord elsewhere predicted, in the siege and over...
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...
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; whic...
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 infatu...
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 i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Pleading with God; Prophetic Imprecations. 22 Let their table become...
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...
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...
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 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

But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time. The compassionable, commendable, and censurable I. The compassionable. Th...
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

Plea for Vengeance
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let their eyes be darkened, in spiritual blindness, that they see not, and make their loins, commonly regarded as the seat of strength, continuall...
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 ;...
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 sha...

²³ Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 69:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Sermon Bible Commentary

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 69:23