Psalms 69:23

(69-24) Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22(69-23) Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

24(69-25) Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:65And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul.

Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see.

Jeremiah 30:6Ask ye now, and see whether a man 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 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 →

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