King James Version
Psalms 69:26 in the King James Version says “For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. those: Heb. t...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 69 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. those: Heb. thy wounded”
Psalms 69:26 · KJV
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. their habitation: Heb. their palace let none: Heb. let there not be a dweller
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. those: Heb. thy wounded
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. iniquity unto: or, punishment of iniquity, etc
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“him whom thou hast smitten”
H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
“For they persecute”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“of those whom thou hast wounded”
H2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
“and they talk”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
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