Geneva Bible Notes: Psalms 69

Psalms 69:1 ^b Dauid signifieth by the waters, in what great dangers he was, out of the which God did deliuer him.

Psalms 69:1 ^a Of Shoshannim read {Psal. 45}

Psalms 69:1 ^! The complaints, prayers, feruent zeale & great anguish of Dauid is set forthe as a figure of Christ & all his members

Psalms 69:2 ^c No firmitie or stablenes to settle me fete.

Psalms 69:3 ^d Thogh his senses failed him, yet his faith was constant & incouraged him stil to praie

Psalms 69:4 ^e Comdemning me giltles.

Psalms 69:4 ^f Thei judged me pore innocent as a thief and gaue my goods to others as thogh I had stollen them.

Psalms 69:5 ^g Thogh I be giltie to thee warde, yet am I innocent towarde them.

Psalms 69:6 ^h Let not mine euil intreatie of the enemies be an occasion, that the faithful fall from thee.

Psalms 69:9 ⁱ When I sawe thine enemies pretend thy Name onely in mouth, and in their life denie the same, thine holie Spirit thrust me forwarde, to reproue them & defend thy glorie.

Psalms 69:10 ^k My zeale moued me to lament & praie for my saluation.

Psalms 69:12 ^l The more he soght to winne them to God, the more thei were against him both poore and riche.

Psalms 69:13 ^m Knowing that albeit I suffer now trouble, yet you hath a time, wherein you hast appointed my deliuerance.

Psalms 69:14 ⁿ He sheweth a liuelie faith in that that he assureth him self, that God is fauorable to him, when he semeth to be angrie: & at hand, when he semeth to be farre of

Psalms 69:17 ^o Not that he feared that God wold not heare him, but that care made him to thinke that God differred long.

Psalms 69:19 ^p Thou seest that I am beset as a shepe among manie wolues.

Psalms 69:20 ^q He sheweth that it is in vaine to put our trust in men in our great necessities, but that our comfort onely dependeth of God: for man rather increaseth our sorowes, then dimisheth them, {John 19,29}

Psalms 69:21 ^! The malicious cruelitie of the enemies

Psalms 69:22 ^! And their punishment also

Psalms 69:22 ^r He desireth God to execute his judgements against the reprobate, which can not by anie meanes be turned, {Rom. 11,9}

Psalms 69:23 ^s Take bothe judgement and power from them

Psalms 69:25 ^t Punish not onely them but their posteritie, which shalbe like vnto them.

Psalms 69:26 ^! Where Judas & suche traitors are accursed

Psalms 69:27 ^u By their continuance and increasing in their sinnes let it be knowen that they be of the reprobate.

Psalms 69:28 ^x They which semed by their profession to haue bene writen in thy boke, yet by their frutes proue the contrarie, let them be knowen as reprobate.

Psalms 69:30 ^! He gathereth courage in his affliction & offreth praises vnto God

Psalms 69:31 ^y There is no sacrifice, which God more estemeth, then thankesgiuing for his benefites.

Psalms 69:32 ^! Which are more acceptable then all sacrifices: whereof all the afflicted maie take comfort

Psalms 69:33 ^z For as he deliuered his seruant Dauid, so wil he do all that are in destres, and call vpon him.

Psalms 69:35 ^! Finally he doeth prouake all creatues to praises, prophecying of the kingdome of Christ, & and the preseruacion of the Church, where all the faithful

Psalms 69:36 ^a Vnder the temporal promes of the land of Canaan he comprehendeth the promes of life euerlasting to the faithful & their posteritie.

Psalms 69:37 ^! And their sede shal dwel for euer