1-12 David complains of his affliction 13-21 He prays for deliverance 22-29 He devotes his enemies to destruction 30-36 He praises God with thanksgiving

(Title.) Shoshannim Ps 45:1 60:1 80:1

A Psalm It is uncertain when this Psalm was composed; though it is probable that it was written by David during the rebellion of Absalom. It is an exceedingly fine composition; it evidently refers to the advent, passion, and resurrection of our Lord to the vocation of the Gentiles. and the reprobation of Jews

the waters Ps 69:2,14,15 18:4 42:7 Isa 28:17 43:2 La 3:54 Jon 2:3-5 Re 12:15,16 17:15

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I sink Ps 40:2 Jer 38:6,22

deep mire [heb] the mire of depth Ps 88:6,7 Eze 27:26-34

the floods Ps 32:6 Ge 7:17-23 Mt 7:25 26:37,38

3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I am Ps 6:6 13:1-3 22:2 Heb 5:7

my throat Ps 69:21 22:15 Joh 19:28

mine Ps 119:82,123 De 28:32 Job 11:20 16:16 Isa 38:14 La 2:11

I wait Ps 25:21 39:7

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.

hate Joh 15:25 1Pe 2:22

more than Ps 40:12

being Ps 7:3-5 35:12,19 38:19,20 109:3-5

then I Isa 53:4-7 2Co 5:21 1Pe 2:24 3:18

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

and my sins [heb.] and my guiltiness Ps 17:3 19:12 44:20,21

hid Ps 38:9 Jer 16:17

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Let not Ps 7:7 25:3 35:26 Isa 49:23 Lu 24:19-21 Ac 4:7

O God of Israel Ps 72:18 2Sa 23:3 Ac 13:17,23

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Because Ps 22:6-8 44:22 Jer 15:15 Joh 15:21-24

shame Isa 50:6 53:3 Mt 26:67,68 27:29,30,38-44 Lu 23:11,35-37 Heb 12:2

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

become Ps 31:11 Job 19:13-19 Mt 26:48-50,56,70-74 Joh 1:11 7:5

and an alien 1Sa 17:28 Mic 7:5,6 Mt 10:21,22,35,36

9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

zeal Ps 119:139 1Ki 19:10 1Ch 15:27-29 29:3 Mr 11:15-17 Joh 2:14-17

and the Ps 89:50,51 Ro 15:3

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

Ps 102:8,9 109:24,25 Lu 7:33,34

11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

I made Ps 35:13,14 Isa 20:2 22:12 Joe 1:8,13

I became Ps 44:13,14 De 28:37 1Ki 9:7 Jer 24:9

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

they De 16:18 Mt 27:12,13,20,41,42,62,63 Lu 23:2 Ac 4:26,27

I was Ps 35:15,16 Job 30:8,9 Mr 15:17-19

drunkards [heb.] drinkers of strong drink Da 5:2-4,23

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

my prayer Ps 40:16,17 91:15 Mt 26:36 Lu 22:44 Joh 17:1 Heb 5:7 1Pe 2:23

in an 1Sa 25:8 Es 5:2,6 7:2 Isa 49:8 55:6 2Co 6:2

in the Ps 40:10,11 98:3 Ge 24:27 Mic 7:20 Lu 1:72 Ac 13:32,33 Ro 15:8,9

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Deliver Ps 40:1-3 Jer 38:6-23 La 3:55

let me Ps 25:18,19 35:19 109:3,21 Lu 19:14,27 Ac 5:30,31

out of Ps 69:1,2,15 42:7 124:4,5 144:7 Mr 14:34 15:34

15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

waterflood Isa 43:1,2 Jon 2:2-7 Mt 12:40 Re 12:15,16

pit Ps 16:10 88:4-6 Nu 16:33,34 Ac 2:24,31

16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

for thy Ps 36:7 63:3 109:21

turn Ps 25:16 26:11 86:15,16 Mic 7:19

according Ps 69:13 51:1 Isa 63:7

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

hide Ps 13:1 22:24 27:9 44:24 102:2 143:9 Mt 27:46

for I am Mt 26:38

hear me speedily [heb.] make haste to hear me Ps 40:13 70:1 Job 7:21

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Draw Ps 10:1 22:1,19 Jer 14:8

redeem Ps 31:5 111:9 Job 6:23

because De 32:27 Jos 7:9

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

my reproach Ps 69:7-9 22:6,7 Isa 53:3 Heb 12:2 1Pe 2:23

dishonour Joh 8:49

mine Ps 2:2-4 38:9

20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Reproach Ps 42:10 123:4 Heb 11:36

I am Ps 42:6 Mt 26:37,38 Joh 12:27

I looked Isa 63:5 Mr 14:37,50

take pity [heb.] to lament
with me, but there Ps 142:4 Joh 16:32 2Ti 4:16,17

comforters Job 16:2 19:21,22 Mt 25:46

21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

gall for my meat. Rochart, from a comparison of this passage with joh 19:29, thinks that [rosh] is the same herb as the evangelist calls hyssop; a species of which, growing in Judea, he proves from Isaac ben Orman, an Arabian writer, to be so bitter as not to be eatable. Theophylact expressly tells us, that the hyssop was added [] [as being deleterious] or poisonous: and Nonnus, in his paraphrase, says [], `One gave the deadly acid mixed with hyssop.' Jer 8:14 9:15 23:15 Mt 27:34,48

vinegar Mr 15:23,36 Lu 23:36 Joh 19:29,30

22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Let their table. Or, rather, `Their table shall become a snare; their eyes shall be darkened,' in the future tense. Pr 1:32 Mal 2:2 Ro 11:8-10

a trap Isa 8:14,15 1Pe 2:8

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Their eyes Isa 6:9,10 29:9,10 Mt 13:14,15 Joh 12:39,40 Ac 28:26,27 Ro 11:25 2Co 3:14

make their De 28:65-67 Isa 21:3,4 Jer 30:6 Da 5:6 Ro 11:10

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Pour Ps 79:6 Le 26:14 De 28:15 29:18-28 31:17 32:20-26 Ho 5:10 Mt 23:35-37 Lu 21:22 1Th 2:15,16 Re 16:1

take Ex 15:15 Isa 13:8 Zec 1:6

25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

Let their 1Ki 9:8 Jer 7:12-14 Mt 23:38 24:1,2 Ac 1:20

habitation [heb.] palace Isa 5:1 6:11

let none dwell [heb.] let there not be a dweller

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

For Ps 109:16 2Ch 28:9 Job 19:21,22 Zec 1:15 1Th 2:15

whom Isa 53:4,10 Zec 13:7

they talk Mr 15:28-32

those [heb.] thy wounded

27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Add Ps 81:12 Ex 8:15,32 9:12 Le 26:39 Isa 5:6 Mt 21:19 23:31,32 27:4,5 Ro 1:28 9:18 2Th 2:11,12 Re 22:10,11

iniquity. or, punishment of iniquity Ps 109:17-19 2Ti 4:14

let them Ps 24:5 Isa 26:10 Ro 9:31 10:2,3

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

blotted Ex 32:32,33 Isa 65:16 Ho 1:9 Re 3:5 22:19

be written Isa 4:3 13:9 Lu 10:20 Php 4:3 Heb 12:23 Re 13:8 20:12-15

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

I am poor Ps 40:17 109:22,31 Isa 53:2,3 Mt 8:20 2Co 8:9

let thy Ps 18:48 22:27-31 89:26,27 91:14-16 Eph 1:21,22 Php 2:9-11

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

I will Ps 28:7 40:1-3 118:21,28,29

magnify Ps 34:3

31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

also shall Ps 50:13,14,23 Ho 14:2 Eph 5:19,20 Heb 13:15 1Pe 2:5

32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

The humble. or, The meek Ps 25:9 34:2 Isa 61:1-3 Joh 16:22 20:20

your heart Ps 22:26,29 Isa 55:6,7

33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

the Lord Ps 10:17 34:6 72:12-14 102:17,20 Isa 66:2 Lu 4:18

his prisoners Ps 107:10 146:7 Zec 9:11,12 Ac 5:18,19 12:4-11 Eph 3:1 Re 2:10

34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Let Ps 96:11 98:7,8 148:1 150:6 Isa 44:22,23 49:13 55:12 Re 7:11-13

moveth [heb.] creepeth Ge 1:20

35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

God Ps 51:18 102:13,16 147:12,13 Isa 14:32 44:26 46:13 Re 14:1

build Ps 48:11-13 Eze 36:35,36 Jer 33:10,11

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

The seed Ps 90:16,17 103:18 Isa 44:3,4 61:9 Ac 2:39

they Ps 91:14 Joh 14:23 Ro 8:28 Jas 1:12 2:5 Re 21:27