Psalms 69:26

"Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 69:26, this verse speaks of divine judgment, prophesying that the enemies of God and His people will be left without a home or community, symbolizing their isolation and desolation. This prophecy foreshadows themes of divine retribution and the consequences of wickedness, which are echoed in other passages like Jeremiah 51:54 and Matthew 24:15.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten -That is, instead of pitying one who is afflicted of God, or showing compassion for him, they “add” to his sorrows by their own persecutions. The psalmist was suffering as under the hand of God. He needed sympathy from others in his trials. Instead of that, however, he found only reproaches, opposition, persecution, calumny. There was an entire want of sympathy and kindness. There was a disposition to take advantage of the fact that he was suffering at the hand of God, to increase his sorrows in all ways in which they could do it. And they talk to the grief of those -What they say adds to their sorrow.

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