Psalms 69:12
Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
In Context
11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:18Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
Jeremiah 20:7O LORD, thou have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughing-stock all the day; everyone mocks me.
Daniel 5:23but have lifted up thyself against LORD of heaven. And they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them. And thou have praised the gods of silve
Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Matthew 27:62Now on the morrow, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:2-13
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 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. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins… Read the whole commentary →