Psalms 69:28

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

American Standard Version (1901)

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

Bible in Basic English

Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

Free Bible Version

Blot out their names from the Book of Life. Don't let them be listed with those who do right.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let them be put out of the booke of life, neither let them be written with the righteous.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the upright.

Translation for Translators

Erase their names [SYN] from the book containing the names of those who have eternal life; do not include them in the list of righteous people.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life and not be written down along with the righteous.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

Context

The Waters Are up to My Neck

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.

Sermons

Rejoice That Your Names Are Written in Heaven!

Thomas Brooks

Summary

This verse is a cry for justice and judgment against the enemies of the psalmist. It reflects the psalmist's plea for God to bring retribution upon those who have wronged him. The psalmist's trust in God's righteousness and sovereignty is evident as he leaves the judgment of his enemies in God's hands. Ultimately, this verse highlights the psalmist's faith in God's justice and his reliance on God to defend him against his adversaries.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

book of the living--or "life," with the next clause, a figurative mode of representing those saved, as having their names in a register (compare Exo 32:32; Isa 4:3).

John Gill Bible Commentary

Let them be blotted out of the book of life,.... Which some understand of this animal life, or of the catalogue of living saints; of their being not written among the living in Jerusalem, or in the writing of the house of Israel, Isa 4:3. The Targum is, "let them he blotted out of the book of the memory of the living.'' Let their names rot and perish, being buried in everlasting oblivion. Aben Ezra interprets this book of the heavens; where, he says, all things that should come to pass were written, at the time they were created; see Luk 10:20. But this is the book of divine predestination or election, often in the New Testament called the book of life; in which the names of some persons are written, and others not, Phi 4:3; so called, not with respect to the present life, and the affairs of it, which belong to the book of Providence; but with respect to the life of the world to come, or eternal life, as Kimchi explains it. It is no other than God's ordination or foreappointment of men to eternal life; which being called a book, and names written in it, show that election is personal or particular; the exact knowledge God has of his chosen ones; his great care of them, and value for them; his constant remembrance of them, and the certainty of their salvation; for such whose names are written here in reality can never be blotted out: this would be contrary to the unchangeableness of God, the firmness of his purposes, and the safety of his people. Wherefore the design of this imprecation is, that those persons who had, in their own conceits, and in the apprehensions of others, a name in this book; that it might appear, both to themselves and others, they had none, by the awful ruin and destruction that should be brought upon them; and not be written with the righteous; neither in the book of life with them; by which it appears, that to be blotted out, and not be written, are the same: nor in a Gospel church state; so they were the branches broken off: nor be among them at the resurrection of the just, and in the judgment day. Kimchi observes, that it is the same thing in different words; to be blotted out is the same as not to be written.

Psalms 69:28

The Waters Are up to My Neck

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.

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

American Standard Version (1901)

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

Bible in Basic English

Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

Free Bible Version

Blot out their names from the Book of Life. Don't let them be listed with those who do right.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let them be put out of the booke of life, neither let them be written with the righteous.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the upright.

Translation for Translators

Erase their names [SYN] from the book containing the names of those who have eternal life; do not include them in the list of righteous people.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life and not be written down along with the righteous.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

book of the living--or "life," with the next clause, a figurative mode of representing those saved, as having their names in a register (compare Exo 32:32; Isa 4:3).

John Gill Bible Commentary

Psalms 69:28

Verse

Context

The Waters Are up to My Neck

Sermons

Summary

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Psalms 69:28

The Waters Are up to My Neck

Rejoice That Your Names Are Written in Heaven!

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes