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Psalms 69:27

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 69:28.

תְּֽנָהtenahgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “give”, a commandH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…עָ֭וֺןaonfaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fault”, the ordinary formH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֲוֺנָ֑םaonamfaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fault”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יָ֝בֹ֗אוּyavovto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, a wish or indirect commandH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָbetsidqatekhain justiceצְדָקָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in justice”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-28) Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

World English Bible

Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-28) Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πρόσθες ἀνομίαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ εἰσελθέτωσαν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ σου.