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do not let them share in your salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/69.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Pile their sins up high, and don’t let them go free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/69.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/69.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/69.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/69.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/69.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Add guilt to their guilt, And may they not come into Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/69.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/69.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Do Thou add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/69.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/69.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book], And may they not come into Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/69.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Charge them with crime on top of crime; do not let them share in your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/69.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/69.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/69.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Make them guiltier than ever and don't forgive them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/69.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/69.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Charge them with one crime after another. Do not let them be found innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/69.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Keep a record of all their sins; don't let them have any part in your salvation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/69.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />May you punish them for their crimes; may they receive no verdict of innocence from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/69.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/69.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/69.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/69.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/69.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/69.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Give punishment for their iniquity, "" And they do not enter into Your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/69.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/69.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt give iniquity to their iniquity, and they shall not come into thy justice.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/69.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/69.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 68:28>Assign an iniquity upon their iniquity, and may they not enter into your justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/69.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Heap punishment upon their punishment; let them gain from you no vindication. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/69.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Add guilt to their guilt; may they have no acquittal from you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/69.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Add punishment of iniquity to their iniquity, that they may enter not into thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/69.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Place evil upon their evil that they will not enter your righteousness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/69.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into Thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/69.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/69-27.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=8324" 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">26</span>For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: tə·nāh- (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">Add</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ā·wōn (N-cs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">their iniquity;</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: wə·’al- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">let them not</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">share</a> <a href="/hebrew/6666.htm" title="6666: bə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Righteousness. From tsadaq; rightness, subjectively, objectively, morally or figuratively.">in Your righteousness.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.…<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="/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="/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/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32-36</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. / You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? / Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-6.htm">Revelation 16:6</a></span><br />For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Jeremiah 18:23</a></span><br />But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-64.htm">Lamentations 3:64-66</a></span><br />You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. / Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them! / You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:15-16</a></span><br />who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, / hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a></span><br />As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-25.htm">John 15:25</a></span><br />But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-25.htm">Matthew 27:25</a></span><br />All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />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. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35</a></span><br />Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Isaiah 13:11</a></span><br />I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness.</p><p class="hdg">Add</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/81-12.htm">Psalm 81:12</a></b></br> So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: <i>and</i> they walked in their own counsels.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Exodus 8:15,32</a></b></br> But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-12.htm">Exodus 9:12</a></b></br> And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.</p><p class="hdg">iniquity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-17.htm">Psalm 109:17-19</a></b></br> As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/4-14.htm">2 Timothy 4:14</a></b></br> Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:</p><p class="hdg">let them</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/24-5.htm">Psalm 24:5</a></b></br> He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10</a></b></br> Let favour be shewed to the wicked, <i>yet</i> will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/9-31.htm">Romans 9:31</a></b></br> But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/2-21.htm">Acquittal</a> <a href="/psalms/61-6.htm">Add</a> <a href="/psalms/35-11.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/psalms/56-7.htm">Crime</a> <a href="/psalms/66-13.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/psalms/49-16.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/psalms/66-18.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/psalms/59-5.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/psalms/67-4.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/69-18.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/68-23.htm">Share</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/3-24.htm">Acquittal</a> <a href="/psalms/71-14.htm">Add</a> <a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-8.htm">Crime</a> <a href="/psalms/88-2.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/psalms/73-12.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/psalms/73-7.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/psalms/73-14.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/psalms/71-2.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/69-29.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/106-5.htm">Share</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'; 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In the context of <a href="/psalms/69.htm">Psalm 69</a>, David is expressing deep distress and seeking God's intervention. The idea of adding iniquity to iniquity suggests a cumulative judgment, where the sins of the wicked are compounded. This can be seen as a call for God to allow the natural consequences of their actions to unfold, leading to further moral and spiritual decline. Biblically, this echoes the principle found in <a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-28</a>, where God gives people over to their sinful desires as a form of judgment. Theologically, it underscores the seriousness of sin and the justice of God in dealing with persistent rebellion.<p><b>let them not share in Your righteousness.</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the separation between the wicked and the righteous. In the Old Testament, righteousness is often associated with covenantal faithfulness and right standing before God. The psalmist is asking that those who persist in their iniquity be excluded from the blessings and favor that come with being in right relationship with God. This reflects the broader biblical theme of the separation of the righteous and the wicked, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/1-5.htm">Psalm 1:5-6</a> and <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-46</a>. It also points to the ultimate judgment where those who reject God are denied the inheritance of the righteous, emphasizing the importance of living a life aligned with God's will.<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 upon God for 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/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate judge and source of righteousness, whom David is appealing to for justice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/righteousness.htm">Righteousness</a></b><br>The state of being morally right or justifiable, which David desires to be withheld from his enemies.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/iniquity.htm">Iniquity</a></b><br>Refers to sin or moral wrongdoing, which David asks God to increase upon his adversaries.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_imprecatory_psalms.htm">Understanding Imprecatory Psalms</a></b><br>These Psalms express raw human emotions and a desire for divine justice. They remind us of the reality of evil and the need for God's intervention.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteousness.htm">God's Righteousness</a></b><br>Righteousness is a gift from God, not earned by human effort. This verse highlights the separation between those who are in God's favor and those who are not.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/justice_and_mercy.htm">Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While David calls for justice, the New Testament encourages believers to balance justice with mercy, following Christ's example.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_in_distress.htm">Prayer in Distress</a></b><br>David's prayer shows that we can bring our deepest hurts and desires for justice to God, trusting Him to act according to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_our_attitude.htm">Reflecting on Our Attitude</a></b><br>This verse challenges us to examine our own hearts and attitudes towards those who wrong us, encouraging us to seek God's perspective.<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/how_does_psalm_98_align_with_injustice.htm">Psalm 98 portrays God as righteous and just, yet countless injustices have occurred throughout history--how does this align with a fair divine judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_critics_reconcile_god's_justice.htm">If Psalm 119 proclaims that God is just and good, how do critics reconcile that with Old Testament accounts of severe judgments and punishments (Psalm 119)?</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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_psalm_139_19-22_and_love_align.htm">Psalm 139:19-22: How do these verses endorsing hatred for the wicked align with other passages in the Bible that command love for one's enemies?</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>(27, 28) It is doubtful whether these verses give the talk of the enemies just mentioned, or whether the psalmist himself, after a pause, resumes his imprecations. The former supposition certainly adds a fresh force to the prayer of <a href="/psalms/69-29.htm" title="But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.">Psalm 69:29</a>; and it is more natural to suppose that the string of curses, once ended, should not be taken up again. On the other hand, would the apostates, against whom the psalm is directed, have put their animosity into the shape of a wish to have names blotted out of God's book? If so, it must be in irony.<p>(27) <span class= "bld">Add iniquity</span>--This may be understood in two different senses: (1) <span class= "ital">Let sin be added to sin in thy account, till the tale be full. </span>(2) <span class= "ital">Add guilt for guilt, i.e., for each wrong committed write down a punishment.</span><p><span class= "bld">And let them not . . .</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>let them not be justified in thy sight; not gain their cause at thy tribunal.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/69.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Add iniquity unto their iniquity.</span> Either "let them fall from one wickedness to another," as the clause is rendered in the Prayer book Version; or "add to the record of their sin in thy book, a further record of other sins, as they commit them." <span class="cmt_word">And let them not come into thy righteousness;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> let them not receive the gift of thy justifying grace, and so be counted among thy righteous ones. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/69-27.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">Add</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּֽנָה־</span> <span class="translit">(tə·nāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֭וֺן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·wōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their iniquity;</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let them not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">share</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Your righteousness.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6666.htm">Strong's 6666: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rightness, subjectively, objectively</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/69-27.htm">Psalm 69:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/69-27.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 69:27 Charge them with crime upon crime (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/69-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 69:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 69:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/69-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 69:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 69:28" /></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>