Psalms 69:23

69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

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Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

What does Psalms 69:23 mean?

Psalms 69:23 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עַיִן (ʻayin), חָשַׁךְ (châshak), רָאָה (râʼâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Let

their

eyesעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

darkened,חָשַׁךְchâshak/khaw-shak'/H2821to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken

that

they

seeרָאָהrâʼâh/raw-aw'/H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

not;

and

make

their

loinsמֹתֶןmôthen/mo'-then/H4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins

continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd/taw-meed'/H8548properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice

shake.מָעַדmâʻad/maw-ad'/H4571to waver

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What does Psalms 69:23 say?

Psalms 69:23 (King James Version) reads: "Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."

Is Psalms 69:23 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:23 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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