Psalm 69:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² I am the subject of gossip for those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² They who sit in [the city's] gate talk about me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

Common English Bible

¹² Those who sit at the city gate muttered things about me; drunkards made up rude songs.

Psalm 69:12 Cross References

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Psalm 35:13

But as for me, when they were sick, I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,

Jeremiah 20:7

O Lord, you have enticed me, and I was enticed; you have overpowered me, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

Daniel 5:23

You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven! The vessels of his temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose power is your very breath and to whom belong all your ways, you have not honored.

Matthew 27:20

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.