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Psalms 69:28

69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. iniquity unto: or, punishment of iniquity, etc
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

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Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

What does Psalms 69:28 mean?

Psalms 69:28 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מָחָה (mâchâh), סֵפֶר (çêpher), חַי (chay).

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Let
them
be
blottedמָחָהmâchâh/maw-khaw'/H4229properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
out
of
the
bookסֵפֶרçêpher/say'-fer/H5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
of
the
living,חַיchay/khah'-ee/H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
and
not
be
writtenכָּתַבkâthab/kaw-thab'/H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
with
the
righteous.צַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/H6662just

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:28.

Deuteronomy 29:20

The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Exodus 17:14

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

Exodus 32:32

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

Numbers 5:23

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

Deuteronomy 17:18

And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

Deuteronomy 24:1

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. some: Heb. matter of nakedness divorcement: Heb. cutting off

Deuteronomy 24:3

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

Deuteronomy 28:58

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

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What does Psalms 69:28 say?

Psalms 69:28 (King James Version) reads: "Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous."

Is Psalms 69:28 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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