The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 69:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

They that sit in the gate speak against me; rather, talk about me (Revised Version)—make me their theme (Cheyne). The gates, where the chief business was done, were no doubt also places of gossip. And I was the song of the drunkards (comp.

Job 30:9); literally, of the drinkers of strong drink.

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