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Psalm 69

Psa. 69:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They that sit in
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
the gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
speak
siyach (Hebrew #7878)
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
KJV usage: commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).
Pronounce: see'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
against me; and I was the song
ngiynah (Hebrew #5058)
from 5059; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
KJV usage: stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.
Pronounce: neg-ee-naw'
Origin: or ngiynath (Psa. 61:title) {neg-ee-nath'}
of the βdrunkards
shekar (Hebrew #7941)
an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
KJV usage: strong drink, + drunkard, strong wine.
Pronounce: shay-kawr'
Origin: from 7937
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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drinkers of strong drink.

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They.
Deut. 16:18• 18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment. (Deut. 16:18)
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Matt. 27:12‑13,20,41‑42,62‑63• 12And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
 13Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
 20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
 41And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
 42He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.
 62Now on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
 63saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise. (Matt. 27:12‑13,20,41‑42,62‑63)
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Luke 23:2• 2And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king. (Luke 23:2)
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Acts 4:26‑27• 26The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
 27For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city (Acts 4:26‑27)
I was.
Psa. 35:15‑16• 15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
 16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me. (Psa. 35:15‑16)
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Job 30:8‑9• 8Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
 9And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword. (Job 30:8‑9)
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Mark 15:17‑19• 17And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.
 18And they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
 19And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage. (Mark 15:17‑19)
drunkards.
Heb. drinkers of strong drink.
Dan. 5:2‑4,23• 2Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink in them.
 3Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.
 4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (Dan. 5:2‑4,23)
• His public protest against ungodliness drew out the hatred of the leaders—those who sat in the gate; and made Him the subject of ridicule by the abandoned, for He was the song of the drunkard. (“Psalms 69” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkardsa.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "drinkers of strong drink."