Psalms 69:23
May their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; And cause their loins continually to shake!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
In Context
22May their table be to them a snare; May it be a trap to them, while they are at ease!
24Pour out upon them thine indignation, And may the heat of thine anger overtake them!
Cross References
Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins full of pain; Pangs have seized me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; For convulsions I cannot hear; For anguish I cannot see.
Jeremiah 30:6Ask ye now and see, Whether a male doth bring forth? Why then do I see every man's hands upon his loins, like a woman in travail? And why are all faces turned into paleness?
Matthew 13:14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, “Ye will hear indeed, and not understand; and ye will see indeed, and not perceive.
Acts 28:26saying, “Go to this people, and say, 'Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.
Romans 11:25For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall have 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 →