Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 69:12

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

Either, 1. Vain and Idle Persons, that spend their time in the Gates and Markets, in which there used to be a Confluence of People. Or rather, 2. The Judges and Magistrates, who used to sit (which was their posture, Exod. 18. 14. Prov. 20. 8. &c.) in the Gates of Cities, the usual places of Judicature: For David oft Complains of his hard usage from these Men, as Psal. 58. 1, 2. and 119. 23. and elsewhere; which was the more grievous, because these who were obliged by their Office to protect and Right him, did joyn with others in Reproaching and oppressing him.

Of the seum of the People, of all lewd and deba[illegible: 1+ letters]ched Persons. Thus both high and low Conspired against him.

Marginal references: Psal. 35. 15. [illegible: 1 word]; Heb. drinkers [illegible: 1 word] Drink.