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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 69 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Of the word "shoshannim", [See comments on Psalms 45:1], title. The Targum renders it, "concerning the removal of the sanhedrim;'' which was about the time of Christ's death. The Talmudists (t) say, that forty years before the destruction of the temple, the sanhedrim removed, they removed from the paved chamber,...
John Gill
They that hate me without a cause,.... As the Jews did; see John 15:18; for he did no injury to the persons or properties of men; but went about continually doing good, both to their souls and bodies; so that he merited their highest esteem and love, and not their hatred; and yet they were his implacable enemies; see Lu 19:14; are more than the hairs of mine head; they were a multitude that came...
Matthew Henry
David penned this psalm when he was in affliction; and in it, I. He complains of the great distress and trouble he was in and earnestly begs of God to relieve and succour him, ver. 1-21. II. He imprecates the judgments of God upon his persecutors, ver. 22-29. III. He concludes with the voice of joy and praise, in an assurance that God would help and succour him, and would do well for the church,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: him now in the street being led away to Mount Calvary; a vast multitude has congregated there, all eager to see him die.
Charles H. Spurgeon
They that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: They have the Roman soldiers at their backs, while the mob applauds them. Psa_69:4. Then I restored that which I took not away. Christ did not take away our innocence, nor our safety, nor our honour, but he restored them all to us. He hath made us clean; he hath made us accepted in the Beloved; he hath put a crown of pure gold...