Psalms 69:21
19 You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
22 May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
- KJV
- They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- WEB
- They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
- ASV
- They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- DARBY
- Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- BLB
- And they gave gall for my food, and for my thirst they made me drink vinegar.
- ÅB
- De gav meg galle å spise, og for min tørst gav de meg eddik å drikke.
- OTB
- De ga meg også bitter mat,
Og for min tørst tilbød de meg sur vin. - B1930
- De gav mig galle å ete, og for min tørst gav de mig eddik å drikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 27:34
they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
Read in contextLuke 23:36
The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
Read in contextMark 15:23
There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.
Read in contextMatthew 27:48
One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
Read in contextMark 15:36
And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
Read in contextJohn 19:28–30
After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
Read in contextJeremiah 9:15
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:14
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
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