Psalm 69:19–33

¹⁹You know the insults I endure—

my shame and disgrace.

You are aware of all my adversaries.^v

²⁰Insults have broken my heart,

and I am in despair.

I waited for sympathy,

but there was none;

for comforters, but found no one.^w

²¹Instead, they gave me gall for my food,

and for my thirst

they gave me vinegar to drink.^x

²²Let their table set before them be a snare,

and let it be a trap for their allies.^y

²³Let their eyes grow too dim to see,

and let their hips continually quake.^z

²⁴Pour out your rage on them,

and let your burning anger overtake them.^aa

²⁵Make their fortification desolate;

may no one live in their tents.^ab

²⁶For they persecute the one you struck

and talk about the pain of those you wounded.^ac

²⁷Charge them with crime on top of crime;

do not let them share in your righteousness.^ad

²⁸Let them be erased from the book of life

and not be recorded with the righteous.^a

²⁹But as for me—poor and in pain—

let your salvation protect me, God.^b

³⁰I will praise God’s name with song

and exalt him with thanksgiving.^c

³¹That will please the Lord more than an ox,

more than a bull with horns and hooves.^d

³²The humble will see it and rejoice.

You who seek God, take heart!^e

³³For the Lord listens to the needy

and does not despise

his own who are prisoners.^f