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Psalm 69:26

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69:26For they harass46 the one whom you discipline;47

they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.48

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  1. 46 Or “persecute”; Heb “chase.”
  2. 47 Heb “for you, the one whom you strike, they chase.”
  3. 48 Heb “they announce the pain of your wounded ones” (i.e., “the ones whom you wounded,” as the parallel line makes clear). The psalmist is innocent of the false charges made by his enemies (v. 4), but he is also aware of his sinfulness (v. 5) and admits that he experiences divine discipline (v. 26) despite his devotion to God (v. 9). Here he laments that his enemies take advantage of such divine discipline by harassing and slandering him. They “kick him while he’s down,” as the expression goes.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For they persecute him whom you have struck down,

and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For they persecute those you wound

and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For they persecute the one you struck

and talk about the pain of those you wounded.

NLTNew Living Translation

To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury;

they add to the pain of those you have hurt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because they persecute those whom you, yourself, have struck,

and they tell of the pain of those you have wounded.

KJV 1900King James Version

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten;

And they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.