New International Version
Psalms 69:21
21They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
Context of Psalms 69:21
19You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you. 20Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none. They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst. 22May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap. 23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:21 word by word
וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּבָרוּתִ֣י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י יַשְׁק֥וּנִי חֹֽמֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 69:21
- John 19:29A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.
- Jeremiah 8:14Why are we sitting here? Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.
- Jeremiah 9:15Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.
- Jeremiah 23:15Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets: “I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
- Matthew 27:34There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.
- Mark 15:23Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
- Luke 23:36The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine 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
Topics related to Psalms 69:21
In the dictionaries
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
New International Version — © NIV® 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica
Commentaries