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Psalms 69:23

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 69:23 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
Psalms 69:23 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 69

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
21They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
25Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“continually to shake--literally, "to swerve" or bend in weakness.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Let their table become a snare before them - These verses are quoted by Paul Romans 11:9-10 as descriptive of the character of persons in his time, or as “language” which would express what he desired to say. See the passage explained at length in the notes at Romans 11:9-10. The whole passage is a prayer that they might receive a proper recompense for what they had done. The word “table” here means the table at which they were accustomed to eat. As they refused food to a hungry man, the prayer is, that they might find the recompense for their conduct “in that very line;” or that, as they refused food to the hungry, they might find “their” food a “snare” to them. That is, Let it be the means…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Eyes - Not the eyes of their bodies, but of their minds: as they that shut their eyes and will not see, so they shall be judicially blinded. To shake - To take away their strength. Psalms 69:26”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Their eyes: Isa 6:9, Isa 6:10, Isa 29:9, Isa 29:10; Mat 13:14, Mat 13:15; Joh 12:39, Joh 12:40; Act 28:26, Act 28:27; Rom 11:25; Co2 3:14 make their: Deu 28:65-67; Isa 21:3, Isa 21:4; Jer 30:6; Dan 5:6; Rom 11:10 Psalms 69:24”
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