Psalm 69:27
New International Version
Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

New Living Translation
Pile their sins up high, and don’t let them go free.

English Standard Version
Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you.

Berean Standard Bible
Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

King James Bible
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

New King James Version
Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.

New American Standard Bible
Add guilt to their guilt, And may they not come into Your righteousness.

NASB 1995
Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness.

NASB 1977
Do Thou add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Thy righteousness.

Legacy Standard Bible
Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness.

Amplified Bible
Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book], And may they not come into Your righteousness.

Christian Standard Bible
Charge them with crime on top of crime; do not let them share in your righteousness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Add guilt to their guilt; do not let them share in Your righteousness.

American Standard Version
Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

Contemporary English Version
Make them guiltier than ever and don't forgive them.

English Revised Version
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Charge them with one crime after another. Do not let them be found innocent.

Good News Translation
Keep a record of all their sins; don't let them have any part in your salvation.

International Standard Version
May you punish them for their crimes; may they receive no verdict of innocence from you.

Majority Standard Bible
Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

NET Bible
Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!

New Heart English Bible
Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

World English Bible
Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Give punishment for their iniquity, "" And they do not enter into Your righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation
Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou wilt give iniquity to their iniquity, and they shall not come into thy justice.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Assign an iniquity upon their iniquity, and may they not enter into your justice.

New American Bible
Heap punishment upon their punishment; let them gain from you no vindication.

New Revised Standard Version
Add guilt to their guilt; may they have no acquittal from you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Add punishment of iniquity to their iniquity, that they may enter not into thy righteousness.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Place evil upon their evil that they will not enter your righteousness.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into Thy righteousness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy righteousness.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Waters Are Up to My Neck
26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded. 27Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness. 28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.…

Cross References
Romans 11:9-10
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.”

Acts 1:20
“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.’

Matthew 23:32-36
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. ...

Revelation 16:6
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

Revelation 18:6
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.

Jeremiah 18:23
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.

Isaiah 53:4-5
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.

Lamentations 3:64-66
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.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
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.

Luke 11:50-51
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.

John 15:25
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Romans 1:28-32
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. ...

Deuteronomy 32:35
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.”

Isaiah 13:11
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.


Treasury of Scripture

Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness.

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Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Exodus 8:15,32
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said…

Exodus 9:12
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

iniquity.

Psalm 109:17-19
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him…

2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

let them

Psalm 24:5
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Isaiah 26:10
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

Romans 9:31
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

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Psalm 69
1. David complains of his affliction
13. He prays for deliverance
22. He devotes his enemies to destruction
30. He praises God with thanksgiving














Add iniquity to their iniquity
This phrase is a plea for divine justice against those who persist in wickedness. The Hebrew word for "iniquity" is "עָוֹן" (avon), which conveys a sense of guilt or moral perversity. The repetition of "iniquity" emphasizes the compounding nature of sin when left unchecked. In the historical context, this reflects the psalmist's cry for God to allow the natural consequences of sin to unfold, highlighting the biblical principle that sin begets further sin. This plea is not for vengeance but for the realization of divine justice, where the wicked are left to the devices of their own making, illustrating the self-destructive nature of sin.

let them not share
The phrase "let them not share" is a request for exclusion from the blessings and favor of God. The Hebrew root "חָלַק" (chalak) means to divide or apportion, often used in the context of inheritance or sharing in communal blessings. This reflects the psalmist's desire for a clear distinction between the righteous and the wicked, a theme prevalent throughout the Psalms. It underscores the biblical teaching that those who persist in rebellion against God will not partake in the blessings reserved for the faithful. This is a call for divine discernment and separation, ensuring that the integrity of God's community is maintained.

in Your righteousness
"Righteousness" in Hebrew is "צְדָקָה" (tsedaqah), which encompasses justice, rightness, and moral integrity. The psalmist appeals to God's perfect standard of righteousness, which is both a source of comfort and a measure of accountability. In the scriptural context, God's righteousness is not merely a legalistic standard but a relational quality that ensures the flourishing of His creation. The plea that the wicked not share in God's righteousness is a recognition that divine justice must prevail to uphold the moral order. It is a reminder of the ultimate hope for believers: that God's righteousness will be fully realized, vindicating the faithful and restoring justice. This reflects the conservative Christian perspective that God's righteousness is both a gift and a standard, one that believers are called to pursue and reflect in their lives.

(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 Psalm 69:29; 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.

(27) Add iniquity--This may be understood in two different senses: (1) Let sin be added to sin in thy account, till the tale be full. (2) Add guilt for guilt, i.e., for each wrong committed write down a punishment.

And let them not . . .--i.e., let them not be justified in thy sight; not gain their cause at thy tribunal.

Verse 27. - Add iniquity unto their iniquity. 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." And let them not come into thy righteousness; i.e. let them not receive the gift of thy justifying grace, and so be counted among thy righteous ones.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Add
תְּֽנָה־ (tə·nāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

iniquity
עָ֭וֺן (‘ā·wōn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

their iniquity;
עֲוֺנָ֑ם (‘ă·wō·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

let them not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

share
יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ (yā·ḇō·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

in Your righteousness.
בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ (bə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively


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