Psalms 69:25

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

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. their habitation: Heb. their palace let none: Heb. let there not be a dweller

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Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. those: Heb. thy wounded

What does Psalms 69:25 mean?

Psalms 69:25 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include טִירָה (ṭîyrâh), שָׁמֵם (shâmêm), יָשַׁב (yâshab).

Hebrew interlinear

Let

their

habitationטִירָהṭîyrâh/tee-raw'/H2918a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet

desolate;שָׁמֵםshâmêm/shaw-mame'/H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

and

let

none

dwellיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

their

tents.אֹהֶלʼôhel/o'-hel/H168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

their

habitation:

Heb.

their

palace

let

none:

Heb.

let

there

not

dweller

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:25.

Genesis 18:1

And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

Genesis 25:27

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Genesis 31:34

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. searched: Heb. felt

Genesis 4:20

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 69:25 say?

Psalms 69:25 (King James Version) reads: "Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. their habitation: Heb. their palace let none: Heb. let there not be a dweller"

Is Psalms 69:25 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:25 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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