Psalms 69:23
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
In Context
22Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:65And among these nations shalt thou have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
Jeremiah 30:6Ask ye now, and see, whether a male doth travail with child? Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail; and all faces are turned into paleness?
Matthew 13:14and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
Acts 28:26saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.
Romans 11:25For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:23-30
Pleading with God; Prophetic Imprecations. 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast… Read the whole commentary →