Psalms 69:6

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake,.... Of their expectation of redemption and salvation by the Messiah, they have been waiting upon the Lord for; when they…

Let not them that wait on thee - Those who worship thee; those who are thy true friends. True piety is often, in the Scriptures, represented as waiting on the Lord. See Psa 25:3, Psa 25:5; Psa 37:9;…

In these verses David complains of his troubles, intermixing with those complaints some requests for relief.

I. His complaints are very sad, and he pours them out before the Lord, as one that hoped…

Let not those that wait on thee be ashamed through me,

O Lord, Jehovah of hosts:

Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.

Cp. Psa 25:3; Psa 38:15-16. The…