Psalms 69:23
May their eyes be darkened and blind, make them shake without ceasing.
Open English Bible (US)
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, outspread, be a trap to them, and their peace-offerings be a snare.
24Pour your indignation upon them, let your burning wrath overtake them.
Cross References
Matthew 13:14In them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says – ‘You will hear with your ears without ever understanding, and, though you have eyes, you will see without ever perceiving,
Acts 28:26Go to this nation and say: You will hear with your ears without ever understanding, and, though you have eyes, you will see without ever perceiving.
Romans 11:25My friends, so that you don’t think too highly of yourselves, I want you to recognize the truth, hitherto hidden, that the callousness which has come over Israel is only partial, and will continue only until the whole Gentile world has been gathered 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 →