Psalm 69:19–33

¹⁹You know how I am insulted,

how I am disgraced and dishonoured;

you see all my enemies.

²⁰Insults have broken my heart,

and I am in despair.

I had hoped for sympathy, but there was none;

for comfort, but I found none.

^21*When I was hungry, they gave me poison;

when I was thirsty, they offered me vinegar.

^22*May their banquets cause their ruin;

may their sacred feasts cause their downfall.

^23*Strike them with blindness!

Make their backs always weak!

²⁴Pour out your anger on them;

let your indignation overtake them.

^25*May their camps be left deserted;

may no one be left alive in their tents.

²⁶They persecute those whom you have punished;

they talk about the sufferings of those you have wounded.

²⁷Keep a record of all their sins;

don’t let them have any part in your salvation.

^28*May their names be erased from the book of the living;

may they not be included in the list of your people.

²⁹But I am in pain and despair;

lift me up, O God, and save me!

³⁰I will praise God with a song;

I will proclaim his greatness by giving him thanks.

³¹This will please the Lord more than offering him cattle,

more than sacrificing a full-grown bull.

³²When the oppressed see this, they will be glad;

those who worship God will be encouraged.

³³The Lord listens to those in need

and does not forget his people in prison.