God’s Word Translation
Psalms 69:21
21They poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
Psalms 69:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- New International Version (NIV)They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Context of Psalms 69:21
19You know that I have been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated. All my opponents are in front of you. 20Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one. They poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink. 22Let the table set for them become a trap and a snare for their friends. 23Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see. Let their thighs continually shake.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:21 word by word
וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּבָרוּתִ֣י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י יַשְׁק֥וּנִי חֹֽמֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 69:21
- John 19:29A jar filled with vinegar was there. So the soldiers put a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick and held it to his mouth.
- Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Let’s get up! Let’s go into the fortified cities and die there. The Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has given us poison to drink because we have sinned against the Lord.
- Jeremiah 9:15This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to feed these people bitterness and give them poison to drink.
- Jeremiah 23:15This is what the Lord of Armies says about the prophets: I will give them wormwood to eat and poison to drink. The prophets of Jerusalem have spread godlessness throughout the land.
- Matthew 27:34They gave him a drink of wine mixed with a drug called gall. When he tasted it, he refused to drink it.
- Mark 15:23They tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but he wouldn’t take it.
- Luke 23:36The soldiers also made fun of him. They would go up to him, offer him some vinegar,
Commentaries on Psalms 69:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21They gave me also gall for my meat - Even the food, necessary to preserve us in their slavery, was frequently mingled with what rendered it unpleasant and disgusting, though not absolutely unwholesome. And vinegar, sour small wines, was given us for our beverage. This is applied to our Lord, Matthew 27:34, where the reader is requested to consult the notes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21They gave me also - My enemies; all persons around me. No one would show me even so much kindness as to give me food when I was hungry, or drink when I was thirsty. They utterly forsook me; they left me to die unpitied. Nay, they did more than this. When I was perishing with hunger, they not only refused to give me wholesome food, but they mocked my sufferings by giving me a bitter and poisonous herb for food, and vinegar for my drink. Gall for my meat…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us persevere in prayer to our Lord to save us. The tokens of God's favour to us are enough to keep our spirits from sinking in the deepest outward troubles. If we think well of God, and continue to do so under the greatest hardships, we need not fear but he will do well for us. And if at any time we are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21vinegar to quench my thirst: This description applies to the suffering of Jesus (Matthew 27:34, 48; Luke 23:36; John 19:28–29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Instead of such, his enemies increase his pain by giving him most distasteful food and drink. The Psalmist may have thus described by figure what Christ found in reality (compare Joh 19:29, 30).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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