26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
26 For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
26 They gossiped about the one you disciplined, Made up stories about anyone wounded by God.
26 For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
26 To the one you have punished, they add insult to injury; they add to the pain of those you have hurt.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 69:26
Commentary on Psalm 69:22-29
(Read Psalm 69:22-29)
These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses Romans 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 punishment was, that they should not see, but should be given up to their own hearts' lusts which hardened them. Those who reject God's great salvation proffered to them, may justly fear that his indignation will be poured out upon them. If men will sin, the Lord will reckon for it. But those that have multiplied to sin, may yet find mercy, through the righteousness of the Mediator. God shuts not out any from that righteousness; the gospel excludes none who do not, by unbelief, shut themselves out. But those who are proud and self-willed, so that they will not come in to God's righteousness, shall have their doom accordingly; they themselves decide it. Let those not expect any benefit thereby, who are not glad to be beholden to it. It is better to be poor and sorrowful, with the blessing of the Lord, than rich and jovial, and under his curse. This may be applied to Christ. He was, when on earth, a man of sorrows that had not where to lay his head; but God exalted him. Let us call upon the Lord, and though poor and sorrowful, guilty and defiled, his salvation will set us up on high.