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Psalms 69:27
27For they persecute the one You have smitten, so they tell of the pain of those You have wounded.
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
25Pour out Your indignation on them. Let Your fierce anger overtake them. 26Let their encampment be deserted. Let none dwell in their tents. For they persecute the one You have smitten, so they tell of the pain of those You have wounded. 28Add guilt to their guilt—may they not come into Your righteousness. 29May they be wiped out of the book of life and not be recorded with the righteous.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:27 word by word
תְּֽנָה־עָ֭וֹן עַל־עֲוֹנָ֑ם וְאַל־יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 69:27
- Psalms 81:12But My people did not listen to My voice. Israel was not willing to be Mine.
- Exodus 8:15So the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them—just as Adonai had said.
- Exodus 9:12But Adonai hardened the heart of Pharaoh, so he did not listen to them—just as Adonai had said to Moses.
- Leviticus 26:39Those of you who are left in the land of your enemies will rot away because of their iniquity, and because of the iniquities of their fathers they will rot away with them.
- Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste: it will not be pruned or hoed, but briers and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
- Matthew 21:19Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came up to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree shriveled up at once.
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
- Matthew 27:4saying, “I’ve sinned, betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What’s that to us? You see to it yourself!”
- Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to recognize God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what is not fitting.
- Romans 9:18So then He has mercy on whom He wills, and He hardens whom He wills.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11For this reason God sends them a delusional force, to lead them to believe what is false,
- Revelation 22:10Then he tells me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
- Psalms 109:17How he loved cursing—may it fall on him! He had no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him!
- 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm—the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
- Psalms 24:5He will receive a blessing from Adonai, righteousness from God his salvation.
- Isaiah 26:10Though grace is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness. Even in a land of uprightness he will act wrongly, not perceiving the majesty of Adonai.
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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