Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 69:23

23 Let their eyes be darkned that they see not: and make their loins continually to shake .

Not the Eyes of their Bodies (for so this was not accomplished in David's, nor in Christ's Enemies) but of their Minds, that they may not discern God's Truth, not their own Duty, nor the way of Peace and Salvation. Punish them in their own kind: As they that shut their Eyes and would not see, so do thou Judicially blind them. This was threatned and inflicted upon the Iews, Isa. 6. 10. Ioh. 12. 39, 40.

This also belongs to the Loyns of their Minds, or Souls; of which we Read, Luk. 12. 35. 1 Pet. 1. 13. The Loyns of the Body are the Seat of strength, and the great Instrument of bodily Motions and Actions. Which being applied to the Mind, the Sence may be; Either, 1. Take away their Courage and Ala[illegible: 1+ letters]rity, and give them up to Pu[illegible: 1+ letters]illanimity, and Terror, and Despair: Or rather, 2. Take away their Strength and Ability, for spiritual Actions. In the former Branch, he wisheth that they may not [illegible: 1+ letters]e able to see, or chuse their way; and here, that they may not be able to Walk in it, nor to execute the good Counsels, which others may give them. As on the other side, when God gi[illegible: 1+ letters]s Men strength they are able, not onely to Walk, out to [illegible: 1 word] in the ways of God, Psal. 119. 32. Cant. 1. 4. I[illegible: 1+ letters] 40. 31.