Psalms 69:12

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
in	יֹ֣שְׁבֵי Yo.she.vei	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
gate	שָׁ֑עַר Sha.'ar	H8179	an opening · noun, common masculine singular absolute
speak	יָשִׂ֣יחוּ ya.Si.chu	H7878	to ponder · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
song	וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת u.ne.gi.Not	H5058	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct
drunkards	שׁוֹתֵ֥י sho.Tei	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 35:15-16 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew…
Acts 4:26-27 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Matthew 27:41-42 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
Genesis 19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself…
Deuteronomy 16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge t…
Job 30:8-9 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Daniel 5:2-4 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the…
Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:1-12

In these verses David complains of his troubles, intermixing with those complaints some requests for relief. I. His complaints are very sad, and he pours them out before the Lord, as one that hoped thus to ease himself of a burden that lay very heaven upon him. 1. He complains of the deep impressions that his troubles made upon his spirit (Psa 69:1, Psa 69:2): "The waters of affliction, those bitter waters, have come unto my soul, not only threaten my life, but disquiet my mind; they fill my head with perplexing cares and my heart with oppressive grief, so that I cannot enjoy God and myself as I used to do." We shall bear up under our troubles if we can but keep them from our hearts; but, wh…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:12

sit in the gate--public place (Pro 31:31).

John Gill on Psalms 69:12

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 executed judgment there; the elders of the city; see Ruth 4:1; the civil rulers among the Jews are meant; and also their ecclesiastical ones, the Scribes and Pharisees that sat in Moses's seat; though some think men of lower characters are designed, idle persons that saunter about, and sit in gateways, and corners of streets, and in marketplaces; spending their time, like the Athenians, in hearing and telling of news, and prating about this and the other person, and their affairs; but the former sense seems best, since these are rather intended in…

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John Calvin on Psalms 69:10-13

Psalm 69:10-13 10. And I wept, my soul fasted; and that was laid to me as a reproach. 11. I also made sackcloth my clothing: and I became a proverb to them. 12. They who sit in the gate defame me: and I am the song of those who drink intoxicating liquor. 13. But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Jehovah! in a time of thy favor, [or good-will,] O God: answer me in the multitude of thy mercy, in the truth of thy salvation. 10. And I wept, my soul fasted David here proves, by the signs or effects, that his efforts to promote the Divine glory proceeded from a pure and well-regulated zeal, inasmuch as he was not impelled or inflamed by the impetuosity of the flesh, but rather humbly abased him…

The Church Fathers

"Against Me were reviling they that were sitting in the gate" [Psalm 69:12]. "In the gate" is nothing else but in public. "And against Me they were chanting, they that were drinking wine." Do ye think, brethren, that this has befallen Christ alone? Daily to Him in His members it happens: whenever perchance it is necessary for the servant of God to forbid excess of wine and luxuries in any village or town, where there has not been heard the Word of God, it is not enough that they sing, nay more even against him they begin to sing, by whom they are forbidden to sing. Compare ye now His fasting and their wine.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 69

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Gall — (1) Heb. mererah, meaning “bitterness” (Job 16:13); i.e., the bile secreted in the liver. This word is also used of the poison of asps (20:14), and of the vitals, the seat of life (25). (2.) Heb.…
Gin — A trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, mokesh, means a noose or “snare,” as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Shoshannim — Lilies, the name of some musical instrument, probably like a lily in shape (Ps. 45; 69, title). Some think that an instrument of six strings is meant.
Drunkard · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Drunkenness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Gates · 4:18; — 4:18;
Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Persecution · OF JESUS — OF JESUS
Scorning And Mocking · Drunkards addicted to — Drunkards addicted to
Speaking · EVIL — EVIL

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 69:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:12

John Gill on Psalms 69:12

John Calvin on Psalms 69:10-13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 69:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:12

John Gill on Psalms 69:12

John Calvin on Psalms 69:10-13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 69:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 69:10-12

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 69:12