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Psalm 69:25

The New Testament’s use of Psalm

3 places · 2 kinds of echo

The source

Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

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Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.

Quotation1

A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.

Acts 1:15-20

Explicitly introduced: 'it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate; let no one dwell therein.' Volume: a formal, formula-marked quotation with high verbal correspondence to LXX Ps 68:26 (genetheto he epaulis autou eremos). Recurrence: Psalm 69 is among the most-cited psalms in the NT and recurs in Luke's passion theology as a psalm of the righteous sufferer. Thematic coherence high; the betrayer's 'habitation' made desolate justifies vacating Judas' office. Textbook quotation.

High confidence

Echo2

A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.

Luke 13:34-35 ?

'May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents' offers an imprecatory desolation formula faintly behind 'left desolate.' Low Volume and contested; the connection is thematic rather than verbal.

Low confidence
Matt 23:37-39 ?

"May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents" parallels the desolate-house verdict of v38.

Low confidence
Elsewhere in Psalm 69
Psalm 69:1-2 3Psalm 69:4 2Psalm 69:8 2Psalm 69:9 5Psalm 69:21 6Psalm 69:28 7