# Psalms 69.21 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 19. Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee. 20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none. > > **21. They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.** > > 22. Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap. 23. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake. (Psalms 69:19-23, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 19. You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you. 20. Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none. > > **21. They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.** > > 22. Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap. 23. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent. (Psalms 69:19-23, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 19. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. to take: Heb. to lament with me > > **21. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.** > > 22. Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. (Psalms 69:19-23, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 19. Thou, Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee [are] all mine adversaries. 20. Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none. > > **21. And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.** > > 22. Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence, for a trap. 23. Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou. (Psalms 69:19-23, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous) - **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion) - **Location:** Israel, various periods - **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC ## Theological reading ## Key words _No Strong's-tagged lexicon matches found in this passage. (Lexicon coverage is curated, ~159 of the most apologetically-loaded Greek/Hebrew terms.)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.