Psalms 69:21

21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

Psalms 69:21 in Other Translations

KJV
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
ESV
21 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
NLT
21 But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
MSG
21 They put poison in my soup, Vinegar in my drink.
CSB
21 Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalms 69:21 In-Context

19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Numbers 6:3; Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36
  • 2. Matthew 27:34; Mark 15:23; John 19:28-30
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