Bible Commentary

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. I made sackcloth also my garment – I put on sackcloth. This was often done as expressive of grief and sorrow. See Psa 30:11, note; Psa 35:13, note. Compare Isa 22:12; Dan 9:3. In the case here referred to, this was an … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:11”

When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 10, 11. When I wept, (and chastened) my soul with fasting, It was turned to reproaches for me: When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them. In shame and penitence for the dishonour done by his countrymen … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:10”

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 9. His jealousy for the honour of God’s house was like a consuming fire within him. Cp. Psa 119:139; Psa 39:3; Jer 20:9. It is difficult to determine whether ‘thine house’ means the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:9”

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children. 8. Even his nearest relations treat him as a stranger and a foreigner. Cp. Psa 38:11; Job 19:13 ff.; Jer 12:6. my mother’s children ] The sons of my own mother expresses a closer degree of relationship than my brethren, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:8”

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 7. So Jeremiah pleads, “Know that for thy sake I bear reproach” (Jer 15:15). shame &c.] cp. Psa 44:15. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 7 12. Such discouragement must be the inevitable consequence if he is abandoned, for it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:7”

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 6. Let not those that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord, Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:6”

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 5, 6. Chastisement is not undeserved; but he commits himself to the mercy of the Omniscient, and pleads for a hearing on the ground that the cause of all God’s servants is bound up with his cause. If he is abandoned … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:5”

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away. 4. The number and the virulence of his foes, and the groundlessness of their hostility. For the language comp. Psa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:4”

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 3. He is worn out and exhausted in mind and body by the prolonged strain of prayer unanswered. Cp. Psa 22:1-2; Psa 22:15; Psa 6:7; Jer 45:3; Psa 119:82; Psa 119:123; Lam 2:11; Lam 4:17. For … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:3”

I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 2. He is like a man floundering in a morass or quicksand where there is no footing and his struggles only plunge him deeper, or fording a river and in imminent danger of being … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:2”