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Psalms 69:25

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 69:25 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
Psalms 69:25 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 69

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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.
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Let their habitation be desolate - Margin, “their palace.” The Hebrew word means properly a wall; then, a fortress or castle; and then it means also a nomadic encampment, a rustic village, a farm-hamlet. The word conveys the idea of an “enclosure,” with special reference to an encampment, or a collection of tents. The Septuagint renders it here ἔπαυλις epaulis, meaning a place to pass the night in, especially for flocks and herds. The Hebrew word - טירה ṭı̂yrâh - is rendered “castles” in Genesis 25:16; Num 31:10; 1 Chronicles 6:54; “palaces” in Song of Solomon 8:9; Ezekiel 25:4; “rows” in Ezekiel 46:23; and “habitation” in this place. It does not occur elsewhere. Here it means their…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“69:25 Peter quoted this verse after the death of Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:20).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Let their: Kg1 9:8; Jer 7:12-14; Mat 23:38, Mat 24:1, Mat 24:2; Act 1:20 habitation: Heb. palace, Isa 5:1, Isa 6:11 let none dwell: Heb. let there not be a dweller Psalms 69:26”
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