Psalm 69:19–33

¹⁹You know that I have been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated. 

All my opponents are in front of you. 

²⁰Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. 

I looked for sympathy, but there was none. 

I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one. 

²¹They poisoned my food, 

and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink. 

²²Let the table set for them become a trap 

and a snare for their friends. 

²³Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see. 

Let their thighs continually shake. 

²⁴Pour your rage on them. 

Let your burning anger catch up with them. 

²⁵Let their camp be deserted 

and their tents empty. 

²⁶They persecute the one you have struck, 

and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded. 

²⁷Charge them with one crime after another. 

Do not let them be found innocent. 

²⁸Let their ⸤names⸥ be erased from the Book of Life. 

Do not let them be listed with righteous people. 

²⁹I am suffering and in pain. 

Let your saving power protect me, O God. 

³⁰I want to praise God’s name with a song. 

I want to praise his great name with a song of thanksgiving. 

³¹This will please the Lord more than ⸤sacrificing⸥ an ox 

or a bull with horns and hoofs. 

³²Oppressed people will see ⸤this⸥ and rejoice. 

May the hearts of those who look to God for help be refreshed. 

³³The Lord listens to needy people. 

He does not despise his own who are in prison.