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Psalms 69:12
12They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Psalms 69:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
Context of Psalms 69:12
10And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; — 11And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them. They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards. 13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation: 14Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.
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יָשִׂ֣יחוּ בִ֭י יֹ֣שְׁבֵי שָׁ֑עַר וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת שׁוֹתֵ֥י שֵׁכָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 69:12
- Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.
- Matthew 27:12And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
- Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
- Acts 4:26The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
- Psalms 35:15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
- Job 30:8Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
- Mark 15:17And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.
- Daniel 5:2Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink in them.
Commentaries on Psalms 69:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They that sit in the gate - At the gates were the courts for public justice; there were complaints lodged, and causes heard. No doubt many vexatious complaints were made against the poor captives; and false accusations, through which they grievously suffered; so that, literally, they were often "obliged to restore that which they had not taken away." See Psalm 69:4. The song of the drunkards - These poor miserable people were exposed to all sorts of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12They that sit in the gate speak against me - The gates of cities were places of concourse; places where business was transacted; places where courts were frequently held. See the notes at Job 29:7. Compare Isaiah 14:31; Isaiah 28:6; Psalm 9:14. Calvin supposes that as the gates were the places where the judges sat to administer justice, the meaning here is that magistrates, or those who were high in rank and power, joined in the cry of reproach against…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12When the psalmist denies himself normal comforts to seek God in prayer, the wicked ridicule him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127-12. This plea contemplates his relation to God as a sufferer in His cause. Reproach, domestic estrangement (Mr 3:21; Joh 7:5), exhaustion in God's service (Joh 2:17), revilings and taunts of base men were the sufferings.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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