Psalms 69:26
(69-27) For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
25(69-26) Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.
27(69-28) Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them: 'Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, He hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up unto heaven.
Job 30:13They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.
Isaiah 53:4Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Zechariah 1:15and I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped for evil.
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 →