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let there be no one to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/69.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Let their homes become desolate and their tents be deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/69.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/69.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/69.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Let their habitation be desolate; <i>and</i> let none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/69.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/69.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />May their camp be desolated; May there be none living in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/69.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/69.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/69.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/69.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />May their encampment be desolate; May no one dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/69.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/69.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Make their fortification desolate; may no one live in their tents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/69.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/69.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Destroy their camp and don't let anyone live in their tents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/69.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Let their habitation be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/69.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Let their camp be deserted and their tents empty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/69.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />May their camps be left deserted; may no one be left alive in their tents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/69.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />May their camp become desolate and their tents remain unoccupied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/69.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/69.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/69.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Let their habitation be desolate, and let no one dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/69.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/69.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/69.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Their tower is desolated, "" There is no dweller in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/69.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/69.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Their fortress shall be desolated, and in their tents there shall none be dwelling.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/69.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/69.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 68:26>May their dwelling place be deserted, and may there be no one who dwells in their tabernacles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/69.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Make their camp desolate, with none to dwell in their tents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/69.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />May their camp be a desolation; let no one live in their tents.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/69.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/69.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Let their dwelling place be desolate and let there be no inhabitant in their tents.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/69.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Let their encampment be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/69.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/69-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=8311" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/69.htm">The Waters Are Up to My Neck</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tə·hî- (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">May</a> <a href="/hebrew/2918.htm" title="2918: ṭî·rā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Encampment, battlement. Feminine of tuwr; a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet.">their place</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: nə·šam·māh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">be deserted;</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">let there be no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yə·hî (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">to dwell</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: bə·’ā·ho·lê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">in their tents.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-20.htm">Acts 1:20</a></span><br />“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a></span><br />Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-5.htm">Jeremiah 22:5</a></span><br />But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">Isaiah 5:9</a></span><br />I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Lamentations 1:1</a></span><br />How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-24.htm">Ezekiel 7:24</a></span><br />So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/12-20.htm">Ezekiel 12:20</a></span><br />The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Zephaniah 3:6</a></span><br />“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-35.htm">Luke 13:35</a></span><br />Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-9.htm">Romans 11:9-10</a></span><br />And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. / May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Matthew 21:41</a></span><br />“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11</a></span><br />Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11</a></span><br />And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-2.htm">Jeremiah 44:2</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.</p><p class="hdg">Let their</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/9-8.htm">1 Kings 9:8</a></b></br> And at this house, <i>which</i> is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Jeremiah 7:12-14</a></b></br> But go ye now unto my place which <i>was</i> in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a></b></br> Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.</p><p class="hdg">habitation [heb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1</a></b></br> Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11</a></b></br> Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,</p><p class="hdg">let none dwell [heb.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/19-12.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/psalms/40-15.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/job/16-7.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/psalms/63-9.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/psalms/69-22.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/68-30.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/acts/1-20.htm">Dweller</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-5.htm">Encampment</a> <a href="/psalms/68-5.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/psalms/46-4.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/psalms/62-6.htm">Tower</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/78-28.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-4.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/69-35.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/psalms/123-1.htm">Dweller</a> <a href="/acts/1-20.htm">Encampment</a> <a href="/psalms/71-3.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/psalms/83-12.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/psalms/78-28.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/psalms/71-7.htm">Tower</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 69</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">David complains of his affliction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/69-13.htm">He prays for deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/69-22.htm">He devotes his enemies to destruction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/69-30.htm">He praises God with thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/69.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/69.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>May their place be deserted;</b><br>This phrase reflects a call for divine judgment, often seen in imprecatory psalms where the psalmist seeks justice against enemies. The concept of a "deserted place" signifies complete desolation and abandonment, a common theme in the Old Testament when describing the consequences of sin and rebellion against God. This imagery is reminiscent of the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Deuteronomy 28:37</a>, where disobedience leads to desolation. Theologically, it underscores the seriousness of opposing God's anointed and the inevitable divine retribution that follows.<p><b>let there be no one to dwell in their tents.</b><br>The reference to "tents" evokes the nomadic lifestyle of ancient Israel, where tents were a symbol of habitation and community. The absence of inhabitants signifies not only physical desolation but also the loss of community and continuity. This phrase is echoed in the New Testament in <a href="/acts/1-20.htm">Acts 1:20</a>, where it is applied to Judas Iscariot, highlighting the fulfillment of prophecy and the consequences of betrayal. Theologically, it serves as a warning against unfaithfulness and the ultimate justice of God. The imagery of empty tents also connects to the broader biblical theme of exile and the loss of God's presence among His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/69.htm">Psalm 69</a>, David is expressing deep distress and calling for divine justice against his enemies.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_david.htm">Enemies of David</a></b><br>The individuals or groups who oppose David, causing him suffering and persecution.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/deserted_place.htm">Deserted Place</a></b><br>Symbolic of desolation and divine judgment, where the enemies' dwelling places are left uninhabited.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tents.htm">Tents</a></b><br>Represents the homes or places of security for David's adversaries, which he prays will be abandoned.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>The overarching theme of the psalm, where David seeks God's intervention against those who wrong him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_imprecatory_prayers.htm">Understanding Imprecatory Prayers</a></b><br>Imprecatory prayers, like those in <a href="/bsb/psalms/69.htm">Psalm 69</a>, reflect a deep yearning for God's justice. They remind us of the seriousness of sin and the reality of divine judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_justice.htm">Trusting in God's Justice</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to trust in God's timing and justice rather than seeking personal vengeance. This psalm teaches us to bring our grievances to God, trusting Him to act righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The desolation of the enemies' places serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of living in opposition to God's will. It calls us to examine our own lives and align with God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_in_christ.htm">The Fulfillment in Christ</a></b><br>The New Testament application of this psalm in the context of Judas Iscariot shows how Old Testament scriptures find fulfillment in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_for_enemies.htm">Prayer for Enemies</a></b><br>While the psalmist prays for desolation upon his enemies, Jesus teaches us to pray for those who persecute us, highlighting the transformative power of grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_69.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 69</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_psalm_69_originally_about_jesus.htm">Psalm 69 is frequently seen as messianic—what evidence exists that the text was originally about Jesus rather than solely about the psalmist’s circumstances?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_matthew_27_5_and_acts_1_18_align.htm">Matthew 27:5 describes Judas hanging himself, yet Acts 1:18 gives a different account; how can these two explanations be reconciled? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_the_psalmist_abide_in_god_forever.htm">How can the psalmist abide in God's 'tabernacle forever' (Ps 61:4) when Jewish worship practices and structures changed over time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_psalm_69_curses_fit_with_mercy.htm">Psalm 69:22-28 calls down curses on enemies--how does this fit with other biblical teachings on mercy and forgiveness (e.g., Matthew 5:44)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/69.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Habitation.</span>--The derivation is from a word meaning <span class= "ital">circle, </span>and a better rendering is therefore <span class= "ital">encampment </span>or <span class= "ital">village. </span>Nomadic tribes pitch their tents in an enclosed ring. The derivation of the English <span class= "ital">town </span>is precisely similar. The desolation of his homestead was, to the Arab, the most frightful of calamities. (Comp. <a href="/job/18-15.htm" title="It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered on his habitation.">Job 18:15</a>. For St. Peter's use of this verse, combined with <a href="/psalms/109-8.htm" title="Let his days be few; and let another take his office.">Psalm 109:8</a>, see <a href="/acts/1-20.htm" title="For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his position as bishop let another take.">Acts 1:20</a>, and Note, <span class= "ital">New Testament Commentary.</span>)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/69.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Let their habitation be desolate;</span> literally, <span class="accented">their encampment Tirah</span> (<span class="hebrew">טִירָה</span>) is the circular enclosure of a nomadic tribe, within which it kept its cattle or took refuge itself (<a href="/genesis/26-16.htm">Genesis 26:16</a>; <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Numbers 31:10</a>). Nomadic expressions remained in use after nomadic habits had ceased (see <a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">1 Kings 12:16</a>). And let none dwell in their tents. A duplication of the preceding clause. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/69-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">May</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּהִי־</span> <span class="translit">(tə·hî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their place</span><br /><span class="heb">טִֽירָתָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(ṭî·rā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2918.htm">Strong's 2918: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall, a fortress, a hamlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be deserted;</span><br /><span class="heb">נְשַׁמָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(nə·šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let there be no one</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to dwell</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשֵֽׁב׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their tents.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·ho·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/69-25.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/69-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 69:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 69:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/69-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 69:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 69:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>