Psalms 69:27

Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

In Context

26For, whom, thou thyself, hadst smitten, they pursued, And, unto the pain of thy wounded ones, they must needs add.

28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that there had come a respite, then made he his heart dull and hearkened not unto them,—as spake Yahweh.

Exodus 9:12But Yahweh let the heart of Pharaoh wax bold, and he hearkened not unto them,—as spake Yahweh unto Moses.

Nehemiah 4:5and do not cover their iniquity, and, their sin before thee, let it not be blotted out,—for they have caused vexation before them who are building.

Psalms 24:5Shall bear away a blessing from Yahweh, and righteousness, from his delivering God.

Psalms 109:14Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out;

Isaiah 5:6And I will make it a waste;—It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns,—And upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.

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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