Psalms 69:12

Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; 1 I am a song of drunkards. 1

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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, 1 I became the object of a proverb to them. 1

13But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; 1 answer me in the trustworthiness of your salvation. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18You must make judges and officers within all your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you; they will be taken from each of your tribes, and they must judge the people with righteous judgment.

Psalms 35:13But, when they were sick, I wore sackcloth; 1 I fasted for them 1 with my head bowed on my chest. 1

Jeremiah 20:7“Yahweh, you deceived me, and I was deceived. You are stronger than I, and you overpowered me. 1 I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. 1

Daniel 5:23You have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. From his house they brought you the containers that you, your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from, and you praised the idols made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—idols that do not see, hear, or know anything. You have not honored the God who holds your breath in his hand and who knows all your ways.

Matthew 27:20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and have Jesus killed.

Matthew 27:62The next day, which was the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together with 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 →

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