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Psalm 69:21 KJV
Psalms · chapter 69 · verse 21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.Psalm 69:21 · King James Version
Psalm 69:21 in context
19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
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Key words (Strong's)
- vinegarchômetsvinegarH2558 →
- thirsttsâmâʼthirstH6772 →
- gavenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- gallrôʼsha poisonous plant, probably the poppyH7219 →
- meatbârûwthfoodH1267 →
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David had been speaking before of the spiteful reproaches which his enemies cast upon him; here he adds, But, as for me, my prayer is unto thee. They spoke ill of him for his fasting and praying, and for that he was made the song of the drunkards; but, notwithstanding that, he resolves to continue praying.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-21