New Living Translation
Psalms 69:27
27Pile their sins up high, and don’t let them go free.
Psalms 69:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
- New International Version (NIV)Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.
Context of Psalms 69:27
25Let their homes become desolate and their tents be deserted. 26To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury; they add to the pain of those you have hurt. Pile their sins up high, and don’t let them go free. 28Erase their names from the Book of Life; don’t let them be counted among the righteous. 29I am suffering and in pain. Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.
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תְּֽנָה־עָ֭וֹן עַל־עֲוֹנָ֑ם וְאַל־יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 69:27
- Psalms 81:12So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.
- Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that relief had come, he became stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.
- Exodus 9:12But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and just as the Lord had predicted to Moses, Pharaoh refused to listen.
- Leviticus 26:39Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
- Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it.
- Matthew 21:19and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” And immediately the fig tree withered up.
- Matthew 23:31“But in saying that, you testify against yourselves that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- Matthew 27:4“I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.” “What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”
- Romans 1:28Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
- Romans 9:18So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.
- Revelation 22:10Then he instructed me, “Do not seal up the prophetic words in this book, for the time is near.
- Psalms 109:17He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don’t you bless him.
- 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm, but the Lord will judge him for what he has done.
- Psalms 24:5They will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior.
- Isaiah 26:10Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good. Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong and take no notice of the Lord’s majesty.
Commentaries on Psalms 69:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Add iniquity unto their iniquity - עונם על עון תנה tenah avon al avonam ; give iniquity, that is, the reward of it, upon or for their iniquity. Or, as the original signifies perverseness, treat their perverseness with perverseness: act, in thy judgments, as crookedly towards them as they dealt crookedly towards thee. They shall get, in the way of punishment, what they have dealt out in the way of oppression.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Add iniquity unto their iniquity - Margin, “punishment of iniquity.” The literal rendering is, “Give iniquity upon their iniquity.” Luther understands this as a prayer that “sin may be made a punishment for sin;” that is, that they may, as a punishment for their former sins, be left to commit still more aggravated crimes, and thus draw on themselves severer punishment. So Rosenmuller renders it, “Suffer them to accumulate sins by rushing from one sin to…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. 27-2827-28. iniquity--or, "punishment of iniquity" (Psa 40:12). come ... righteousness--partake of its benefits.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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