Psalms 69:26
(69:27) For whom thou hast smitten they persecute; and of the pain of those whom thou but wounded do they converse.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
25(69:26) May their palace become desolate: in their tents let no one dwell.
27(69:28) Lay guilt upon their guilt; and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:9But there was a prophet of the Lord, 'Oded was his name; and he went out to meet the host that was coming to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because of the fury of the Lord the God of your fathers against Judah, hath he given them up into your hand, and ye have slain among them in a rage that reacheth as far as the heavens.
Job 30:13They destroy my footpath, they help forward my downfall, without any one to aid them.
Isaiah 53:4But only our diseases did he bear himself, and our pains he carried: while we indeed esteemed him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Zechariah 1:15And with a great anger will I be angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little angry [with Zion], and they helped forward the mischief.
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 →