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Psalms 69:28

26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

29 But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

30 I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
KJV
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
WEB
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
ASV
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
DARBY
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
BLB
May they be blotted out from the book of the living, and do not let them be written with the righteous!
ÅB
La dem bli utslettet av de levendes bok, og la dem ikke bli innskrevet med de rettferdige!
OTB
Måtte de bli strøket ut av livets bok,
Og måtte de ikke bli oppført med de rettferdige.
B1930
La dem bli utslettet av de levendes bok, og la dem ikke bli innskrevet med de rettferdige!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 32:32–33

    Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

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  • Philippians 4:3

    Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

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  • Luke 10:20

    Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

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  • Ezekiel 13:9

    My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

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  • Revelation 13:8

    And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

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  • Revelation 20:12–15

    And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

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  • Hebrews 12:23

    in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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  • Revelation 22:19

    And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

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