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Psalm 69:22-24
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 69:22-24
New Catholic Bible
22 They put gall in my food,
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar[a] to drink.
23 [b]Let their table become a trap for them;
let their well-being become a snare.[c]
24 Let their eyes dim so that they cannot see,
and let their limbs tremble constantly.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:22 Gall . . . vinegar: the evangelists suggest that the sufferings of the psalmist as described in this verse foreshadowed the sufferings of Jesus on the cross (see Mt 27:34, 48; Mk 15:23; Lk 23:36; Jn 19:29).
- Psalm 69:23 Prayer for divine justice to prevail (see notes on Pss 5:11; 35).
- Psalm 69:23 These two verses are applied by Paul to the divine hardening of sinners’ hearts that God allows (see Rom 11:9f). Table: a single tablecloth spread on the ground; hence the possibility of tripping over it.
