“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”
The bitter statement that they gave the psalmist poison for food and wine for thirst articulates the ultimate betrayal: that the offer of sustenance proves to be destructive. The imagery suggests that even acts of supposed mercy are poisoned, turned into instruments of harm. The reference to poisoned food and vinegar as drink echoes traditions of ultimate contempt and degradation. This verse articulates that the persecution extends even to the offering of basic necessities, which become weapons.
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