Psalms 69 · Verse 28

Psalms 69:28

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Psalms 69:28, King James Version

Psalms 69:28 in other translations

BSBMay they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
WEBLet them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
ASVLet them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
YLTThey are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.
DARBYLet them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
BBELet their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.
WebsterLet them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

What does Psalms 69:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:27-28

27-28. iniquity--or, "punishment of iniquity" (Psa 40:12). come ... righteousness--partake of its benefits.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Let them be blotted out - They shall be blotted out from the land of the living. They shall be cut off from life, which they have forfeited by their cruelty and oppression. The psalmist is speaking of retributive justice; and in this sense all these passages are to be understood. And not be written with the righteous - They shall have no title to that long life which God has promised to his followers.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:22-29

These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses #(22-23), are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in Ro 11:9, 10. When the supports of life and delights of sense, through the corruption of our nature, are made the food and fuel of sin, then our table is a snare. Their sin was, that they would not see, but shut their eyes against the light, loving darkness rather; their…

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Psalms 69:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִ֭מָּחֽוּYi.ma.chumay they be wiped outH4229
מִסֵּ֣פֶרmi.Se.ferfrom [the] scroll ofH5612
חַיִּ֑יםchai.YimlifeH2416
וְעִ֥םve.'Imand withH5973
צַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]H6662
אַל\־'al-may notH408
יִכָּתֵֽבוּ\׃yi.ka.Te.vuthey be written downH3789

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 69:28

  • Exodus 32:32-33

    Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

  • Philippians 4:3

    And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

  • Luke 10:20

    Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

  • Ezekiel 13:9

    And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

  • Revelation 13:8

    And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  • Revelation 20:12-15

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

  • Hebrews 12:23

    To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

  • Revelation 22:19

    And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

  • Revelation 3:5

    He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

  • Isaiah 65:16

    That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

  • Hosea 1:9

    Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

  • Isaiah 4:3

    And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

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blotted.
Ex 32:32,33; Isa 65:16; Ho 1:9; Re 3:5; 22:19
be written.
Isa 4:3; Eze 13:9; Lu 10:20; Php 4:3; Heb 12:23; Re 13:8; 20:12-15

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Context

  • Psalms 69:27

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

  • Psalms 69:28

    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

  • Psalms 69:29

    But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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Psalms 69:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sean raídos del libro de los vivientes, y no sean escritos con los justos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mets iniquité sur leur iniquité, et qu’ils n’entrent pas en ta justice;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Laß sie ausgelöscht werden aus dem Buche des Lebens, und nicht eingeschrieben mit den Gerechten!