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Psalm 69:23-29
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 69:23-29
New Catholic Bible
23 [a]Let their table become a trap for them;
let their well-being become a snare.[b]
24 Let their eyes dim so that they cannot see,
and let their limbs tremble constantly.
25 Vent your wrath on them,
and let your burning anger take hold of them.
26 Let their camp be left desolate;
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.[c]
27 For they pursue the one you struck down
and tell of the pain of the one you hurt.
28 Charge them with crime after crime;
let them not share in your salvation.
29 Blot them out from the book of the living;[d]
do not number them among the upright.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:23 Prayer for divine justice to prevail (see notes on Pss 5:11; 35).
- Psalm 69:23 These two verses are applied by Paul to the divine hardening of sinners’ hearts that God allows (see Rom 11:9f). Table: a single tablecloth spread on the ground; hence the possibility of tripping over it.
- Psalm 69:26 Peter applies this verse to the replacement of Judas (see Acts 1:20).
- Psalm 69:29 Book of the living: a figurative expression denoting God’s record of the righteous (see note on Ps 51:3). From the human point of view, individuals may be blotted out of that book, but from the divine point of view it contains only the names of the elect who will not be blotted out (see Phil 4:3; Rev 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:15).
