English Standard Version
Psalms 69:12
12I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me.
Context of Psalms 69:12
10When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach. 11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me. 13But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness. 14Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:12 word by word
יָשִׂ֣יחוּ בִ֭י יֹ֣שְׁבֵי שָׁ֑עַר וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת שׁוֹתֵ֥י שֵׁכָֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 69:12
- Deuteronomy 16:18"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Matthew 27:12But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer.
- Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
- Acts 4:26The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'—
- Psalms 35:15But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
- Job 30:8A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
- Mark 15:17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
- Daniel 5:2Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from 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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