Psalms 69:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalms 69:21 —

Old words in this verse

meat: — food of any kind.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 27:34
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Mark 15:23
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
Luke 23:36
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
Matthew 27:48
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Mark 15:36
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Bigotry Botany Gall Hemlock Inspiration Intolerance, Religious

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-21)

David had been speaking before of the spiteful reproaches which his enemies cast upon him; here he adds, But, as for me, my prayer is unto thee. They spoke ill of him for his fasting and praying, and for that he was made the song of the drunkards; but, notwithstanding that, he resolves to continue praying. Note, Though we may be jeered for well-doing, we must never be jeered out of it. Those can b…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

21. Instead of such, his enemies increase his pain by giving him most distasteful food and drink. The Psalmist may have thus described by figure what Christ found in reality (compare Joh 19:29, 30).