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Psalms 69:21
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But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They put poison in my food and gave me vinegar to drink.
They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
They gave me also gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
And thei yauen galle in to my meete; and in my thirst thei yauen `to me drinke with vynegre.
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
Enemies poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar.
They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for my drink.
Insults have broken my heart to the point that I could die. I hoped that someone would show compassion, but nobody did; and that there would be comforters, but I found none.
Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick;
They gave me bitter drink in my food. And because I was thirsty they gave me sour wine.
They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
For they gaue me gall in my meate, and in my thirst they gaue me vineger to drinke.
They gave me bitter herbs for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
When I was hungry, they gave me poison; when I was thirsty, they offered me vinegar.
But they put in my food - poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink - vinegar!
(68-22) And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They gaue me for meate, gall to eate: and when I was thirstie, they gaue me vineger to drynke.
They gave me also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.
Instead, they gave me gall for my food,and for my thirstthey gave me vinegar to drink.
They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They also gave me gall for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They also gave Me gall in My food; and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink.
And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
The rebuke breaketh my hert, & maketh me heuy: I loke for some to haue pitie vpon me, but there is no man: & for some to coforte me, but I fynde none.
They put poison in my soup, Vinegar in my drink.
They also gave me a bitter herb in my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They also gave me gall for my foodAnd for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
gall for my meat: Bochart, from a comparison of this passage with John 19:29, thinks that rosh is the same herb as the evangelist calls ץףףשנןע, hyssop; a species of which, growing in Judea, he proves from Isaac ben Orman, an Arabian writer, to be so bitter as not to be eatable. Theophylact expressly tells us, that the hyssop was added שע החכחפוסישהןע, as being deleterious, or poisonous, and Nonnus, in his paraphrase, says, סודום ץףףשנשךוךוסבףלוםןם ןמןע ןכוטסןץ "One gave the deadly acid mixed with hyssop." Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 9:15, Jeremiah 23:15, Matthew 27:34, Matthew 27:48
vinegar: Mark 15:23, Mark 15:36, Luke 23:36, John 19:29, John 19:30
Reciprocal: Psalms 22:15 - tongue Psalms 69:3 - my throat Psalms 102:9 - I Have Lamentations 3:5 - gall John 19:28 - that the
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They gave me also gall for my meat,.... Either some bitter herb mentioned with wormwood and hemlock, Deuteronomy 29:18; or the gall of some animal The Targum renders it,
"the gall of the heads of serpents:''
the poison of some serpents is in their heads, and the word that is here used signifies the head; see Deuteronomy 32:33. This was literally fulfilled in Christ, Matthew 27:34; and showed that he bore the curse of the law; that being given to him for food, which was not fit to be eaten; thereby intimating, that he deserved not to have the common food and necessaries of life; which is the case of those in whose place and stead he suffered: and this may be a rebuke to such who, through fulness and affluence, are apt to slight and contemn some of the good creatures of God, which ought to be received with thanksgiving; let them remember the gall that was given Christ for meat. And this may serve to reconcile poor Christians to that mean fare and low way of living they are obliged to; though they, have but a dinner of herbs, or bread and water, it is better fare than their Lord's; it is not gall;
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink; Christ, when on the cross, was athirst, which was occasioned by a fever that usually attended persons in his circumstances; see Psalms 22:15; and, that this Scripture might be fulfilled, he signified it, saying, "I thirst"; upon which vinegar was given to him, as all the evangelists relate;
Matthew 27:48. This shows the truth of Christ's human nature; that it was a true and real body that he assumed, which was subject to hunger and thirst, and was supported by food and drink, as our bodies are; also the truth of divine revelation; since such a minute circumstance as this, predicted so many hundred years ago, should, after so long a time, be exactly fulfilled; and likewise the truth of the Messiahship of Jesus, in whom this, and every thing else said Messiah, in the Law, the Prophets, and the book of Psalms, were fully accomplished; and therefore it may be strongly concluded that this is he of whom they spoke. Moreover, this expresses the inhumanity of the enemies of Christ, to use him in this manner, when he was suffering and dying; see Proverbs 31:6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They gave me also - My enemies; all persons around me. No one would show me even so much kindness as to give me food when I was hungry, or drink when I was thirsty. They utterly forsook me; they left me to die unpitied. Nay, they did more than this. When I was perishing with hunger, they not only refused to give me wholesome food, but they mocked my sufferings by giving me a bitter and poisonous herb for food, and vinegar for my drink.
Gall for my meat - For my food. Or, they gave me this “instead” of wholesome food. The word here rendered “gall” - ראשׁ rô'sh - is the same “in form” which is commonly rendered “head,” and occurs in this sense very often in the Scriptures. It is also used to denote a “poisonous plant,” perhaps from the idea that the plant referred to was distinguished for, or remarkable for its “head” - as the poppy; and “then” the name may have been given also to some other similar plants. The word then comes to denote poison; venom; anything poisonous; and then, anything very bad-tasted; “bitter.” It is rendered “gall,” as here, in Deuteronomy 29:18; Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:15; Lamentations 3:5, Lamentations 3:19; Amos 6:12; “venom” in Deuteronomy 32:33; “poison,” in Job 20:16; and “hemlock,” in Hosea 10:4. In Deuteronomy 29:18, it is rendered, in the margin, “rosh,” or “a poisonful herb.” It does not occur elsewhere with any such signification. It may not be possible to determine precisely what is denoted here by the word, but it undoubtedly refers to some poisonous, bitter, deadly, stupefying substance given to a sufferer, “instead” of that which would be wholesome food, or suited to sustain life.
And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink - Instead of giving me pure water, they gave me sour wine - vinegar - that which would not slake my thirst, or which would not answer the purpose of drink. The form of trial here referred to is that where one is dying of thirst, and where, instead of giving water to assuage the thirst, one should give, in mockery, that which could not be drunk, or which would answer none of the purposes required. The word translated “vinegar” - חמץ chômets - is rendered in the ancient versions “sour grapes,” but the proper signification here seems to be vinegar - the usual meaning of the word. What is here stated to have been done to David was also done to the dying Saviour, though without any intimation that the passage here had an original reference to him - or that what was done to him was intended to be a fulfillment of what is here said. See Matthew 27:34, Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:23; John 19:29. In the case of the Saviour, they first gave him vinegar mingled with myrrh - a usual custom in reference to those who were crucified - for the purpose of deadening the pain, or stupefying the sufferer. Matthew 27:34. At a subsequent part of the crucifixion they gave him vinegar, extended to him in a sponge affixed to a reed. Matthew 27:48; John 19:29. This was for a different purpose. It was to allay his thirst, and it seems (as the former may have been) to have been an act of kindness or compassion on the part of those who were appointed to crucify him. The former he refused to take, because he came to suffer; the latter he just tasted as he died. John 19:30. The “coincidence” in the cases of David and the Saviour was remarkable; but in the case of the Saviour no further use is made of what occurred to David than to employ the “language” which he employed to describe his own sufferings. The one was not, in any proper sense, a “type” of the other; nor does the language in the psalm refer to the Saviour.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 69:21. They gave me also gall for my meat — Even the food, necessary to preserve us in their slavery, was frequently mingled with what rendered it unpleasant and disgusting, though not absolutely unwholesome. And vinegar, sour small wines, was given us for our beverage. This is applied to our Lord, Matthew 27:34, where the reader is requested to consult the notes.
