Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 69

This is a scholarly biblical polyglot — a parallel-column presentation of Psalm 69 (Hebrew/KJV) alongside related texts in four versions: the King James Version with embedded Strong's Concordance reference numbers, the Greek Septuagint, the Hebrew Masoretic text (Tanakh), and the Latin Vulgate. The KJV and Hebrew columns present the full 36–37 verse psalm, while the Septuagint and Vulgate columns contain a much shorter companion text corresponding to what English Bibles number Psalm 70, reflecting the well-known versification differences across traditions. The psalm itself is an extended individual lament attributed to David, opening with the arresting image of floodwaters engulfing the soul and moving through intense suffering: social ostracism, public mockery, fasting, sackcloth, and the feeding of gall and vinegar — verses the New Testament repeatedly cites as fulfilled in the passion of Jesus. A distinctive structural feature is its sharp imprecatory turn in verses 22–28, calling down divine curses (blotted from the book of life, desolate habitations) on persecutors who added insult to God-inflicted wounds. The psalm then pivots to confident praise, asserting that God's hearing of the poor will prompt cosmic worship — heavens, earth, and seas — and culminating in a national oracle promising Zion's salvation and the inheritance of Judah's cities. The resource's distinctive value is comparative: the Strong's numbers embedded in the KJV allow word-level cross-reference to the Hebrew lexicon, while the side-by-side Greek and Latin columns expose how translators across traditions rendered contested terms like *hesed* (lovingkindness/mercy) and navigated the psalm's rawer curses.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 69

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