English Standard Version
Psalms 69:26
26For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
Psalms 69:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
- New International Version (NIV)For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
- New Living Translation (NLT)To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury; they add to the pain of those you have hurt.
Context of Psalms 69:26
24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them. 25May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents. For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded. 27Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you. 28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:26 word by word
כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־הִכִּ֣יתָ רָדָ֑פוּ וְאֶל־מַכְא֖וֹב חֲלָלֶ֣יךָ יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 69:26
- Psalms 109:16For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, "Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand, but you have killed them in a rage that has reached up to heaven.
- Job 19:21Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!
- Zechariah 1:15And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little, they furthered the disaster.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
- Isaiah 53:4Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
- Zechariah 13:7"Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me," declares the Lord of hosts. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
Commentaries on Psalms 69:26
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten - That is, instead of pitying one who is afflicted of God, or showing compassion for him, they “add” to his sorrows by their own persecutions. The psalmist was suffering as under the hand of God. He needed sympathy from others in his trials. Instead of that, however, he found only reproaches, opposition, persecution, calumny. There was an entire want of sympathy and kindness. There was a disposition to take…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-29Verses 22-29 These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses #(22-23), are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in Ro 11:9, 10. When the supports of life and delights of sense, through the corruption of our nature, are made the food and fuel of sin, then our table is a snare. Their sin was, that they would not see, but shut their eyes against the light, loving darkness rather; their punishment was, that they…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36In this personal lament, the poet shares his vulnerability, humiliation, and deep pain. He asks God to defend him for the sake of the righteous.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Though smitten of God (Is 53:4), men were not less guilty in persecuting the sufferer (Ac 2:23). talk to the grief--in respect to, about it, implying derision and taunts. wounded--or, literally, "mortally wounded."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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