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Psalms 69:27

Psalms 69:27
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Add iniquity to their iniquity,.... Let them alone in sin; suffer them to go on in it; lay no restraints upon them; put no stop in providence in their way; let them proceed from one evil to another,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Add iniquity unto their iniquity - Margin, “punishment of iniquity.” The literal rendering is, “Give iniquity upon their iniquity.” Luther understands this as a prayer that “sin may be made a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 69:22-29

These imprecations are not David's prayers against his enemies, but prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors, especially the Jewish nation, which our Lord himself foretold with tears, and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Some commentators, retaining the A.V. rendering of Psa 69:69, regard Psa 69:27-28 as the words of the Psalmist's enemies, directed against him and his fellow sufferers. This interpretation has been…