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Psalms 69:27
Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks directly to God, pleading for judgment against those who persecute him and the one God has already struck. This occurs within a lament where the speaker describes ongoing hostility and asks for divine retribution against his oppressors.
The words — The Hebrew imperative תְּנָה (tenah) means "put" or "add," paired with עָוֹן ('avon), translated as "iniquity." The phrase עַל־עֲוֹנָם ('al-'avonam) literally reads "to their iniquity," forming the command to compound their guilt.
The thread — This plea for compounded guilt and exclusion from righteousness appears in Nehemiah 4:5, where the builder asks God not to cover their iniquity, and in Romans 1:28, which describes God giving people over to a depraved mind. The theme of being blotted from the righteous list also connects to Psalms 69:28.
Why it lands — The text demands a clear acknowledgment of divine justice against persistent rebellion, asking the reader to recognize that repeated rejection of God results in hardened guilt and exclusion from His righteous standing. It requires the reader to accept that spiritual consequences follow deliberate opposition to God's authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Cross-references
- Nehemiah 4:5 Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
- Isaiah 26:10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
- Romans 1:28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Revelation 22:10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11 For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
- Romans 10:2 For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- 2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
- Exodus 8:15 When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- Exodus 8:32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.
- Exodus 9:12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.