Psalms 68:23

23 fiat mensa eorum coram ipsis in laqueum et in retributiones et in scandalum

Psalms 68:23 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 68:23

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies,
&c.] This verse is in connection with ( Psalms 68:21 ) , with ( Psalms 68:23 ) being to be read in a parenthesis: the sense is, that the Messiah would so wound the head and hairy scalp of his people's enemies, and there should be such a large effusion of blood, that their feet should be dipped therein, ( Revelation 14:20 ) ; (See Gill on Psalms 58:10);

[and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same;
who should lick it up, as the dogs licked the blood of Jezebel, ( 1 Kings 21:19 ) ( 2 Kings 9:35 2 Kings 9:36 ) ; and so such a carnage will be made of antichrist and his followers, that the fowls of the heavens will be called upon to eat the flesh of kings, captains, and mighty ones, ( Revelation 19:17 Revelation 19:18 ) .

Psalms 68:23 In-Context

21 in conspectu tuo sunt omnes qui tribulant me inproperium expectavit cor meum et miseriam et sustinui qui simul contristaretur et non fuit et qui consolaretur et non inveni
22 et dederunt in escam meam fel et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto
23 fiat mensa eorum coram ipsis in laqueum et in retributiones et in scandalum
24 obscurentur oculi eorum ne videant et dorsum eorum semper incurva
25 effunde super eos iram tuam et furor irae tuae conprehendat eos
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