Psalms 69:21 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”

Psalms 69:21

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Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries {are} all before thee.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked {for some} to take pity, but {there was} none; and for comforters, but I found none. {to take...: Heb. to lament with me}

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

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Psalms 69:1

"[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, {A Psalm} of David.] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto {my} soul."

Psalms 69:2

"I sink in deep mire, where {there is} no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. {deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth} {deep waters: Heb. depth of waters}"

Psalms 69:3

"I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."

Psalms 69:4

"They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, {being} mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored {that} which I took not away."

Psalms 69:5

"O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}"

Psalms 69:6

"Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel."

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