They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Ver. 21. They gave me also gall for my meat] Venenum vel eicutam; and so showed themselves miserable comforters.
And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink] This befell David in figure, but Christ in the letter, Matthew 27:34. It were happy if the vinegar given him might melt our adamantine hearts into godly sorrow.