Psalms 69:21

Overview - Psalms 69
1	David complains of his affliction.
13	He prays for deliverance.
22	He devotes his enemies to destruction.
30	He praises God with thanksgiving.

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Psalms 69:21 (King James Version)
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

gall for my meat: Bochart, from a comparison of this passage with John 19:29 ,thinks that {rosh} is the same herb as the evangelist calls [ ,] hyssop; a species of which, growing in Judea, he proves; from Isaac ben Orman, an Arabian writer, to be so bitter as not to be eatable. Theophylact expressly tells us, that the hyssop was added [ ,] as being deleterious, or poisonous: and Nonnus, in his paraphrase, says, [ ] "One gave the deadly acid mixed with hyssop." Jeremiah 8:14 ; 9:15 23:15 Matthew 27:34 Matthew 27:48
vinegar: Mark 15:23 Mark 15:36 ; Luke 23:36 ; John 19:29 John 19:30