Verse 28
Psalms 69:28
World English Bible
28
Let them be blotted out of the book of life,
and not be written with the righteous.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תְּֽנָ/ה עָ֭וֺן עַל עֲוֺנָ֑/ם וְ/אַל יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּ/צִדְקָתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
"Forgive iniquity for the iniquity of them, and do not let them come into Your righteousness."
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Chapter 69 Context
1
Save me, God (Elohim),
for the waters have come up to my neck!
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2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold.
I have come into deep waters, where the floods over...
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3
I am weary with my crying.
My throat is dry.
My eyes fail, looking for my God (Elohim).
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4
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.
Those who want to cut me off,...
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5
God (Elohim), you know my foolishness.
My sins aren’t hidden from you.
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6
Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies.
Don’t let those who se...
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7
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.
Shame has covered my face.
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8
I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s children.
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9
For the zeal of your house consumes me.
The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
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10
When I wept and I fasted,
that was to my reproach.
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11
When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
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12
Those who sit in the gate talk about me.
I am the song of the drunkards.
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13
But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time.
God (Elohim), in the abundance of...
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14
Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink.
Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and o...
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15
Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me,
neither let the deep swallow me up.
Don’t let the pit shut...
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16
Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good.
According to the multitude of your tender merci...
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17
Don’t hide your face from your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me speedily!
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18
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it.
Ransom me because of my enemies.
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19
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor.
My adversaries are all before you.
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20
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness.
I looked for some to take pity, but there...
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21
They also gave me gall for my food.
In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
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22
Let their table before them become a snare.
May it become a retribution and a trap.
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23
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see.
Let their backs be continually bent.
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24
Pour out your indignation on them.
Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
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25
Let their habitation be desolate.
Let no one dwell in their tents.
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26
For they persecute him whom you have wounded.
They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
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27
Charge them with crime upon crime.
Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
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28
Let them be blotted out of the book of life,
and not be written with the righteous.
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But I am in pain and distress.
Let your salvation, God (Elohim), protect me.
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30
I will praise the name of God (Elohim) with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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31
It will please Yahweh better than an ox,
or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
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32
The humble have seen it, and are glad.
You who seek after God (Elohim), let your heart live.
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33
For Yahweh hears the needy,
and doesn’t despise his captive people.
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34
Let heaven and earth praise him;
the seas, and everything that moves therein!
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35
For God (Elohim) will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah.
They shall settle there, and own it....
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36
The children also of his servants shall inherit it.
Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
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