They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Psalms — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
They gave Him vinegar to drink
Spurgeon: 'The mockery continued even to the cross. Bitter gall and vinegar for the One who is the water of life.'
1. Save me, O God! for the waters, etc. Under the figure of waters, the Psalmist represents his condition as so extremely distressing that it brought him even to the brink of despair; and yet we know that, so far from being a soft and an effeminate person, he was…