Psalm 69:19–33

¹⁹You know the insults I endure—

my shame and disgrace.

You are aware of all my adversaries. ^o

²⁰Insults have broken my heart,

and I am in despair.

I waited for sympathy,

but there was none;

for comforters, but found no one. ^p

²¹Instead, they gave me gall ^qfor my food,

and for my thirst

they gave me vinegar to drink. ^r

²²Let their table set before them be a snare,

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

²³Let their eyes grow too dim to see,

and let their loins continually shake. ^t

²⁴Pour out Your rage on them,

and let Your burning anger overtake them. ^u

²⁵Make their fortification desolate;

may no one live in their tents. ^v

²⁶For they persecute the one You struck

and talk about the pain of those You wounded. ^w

²⁷Add guilt to their guilt;

do not let them share in Your righteousness. ^x

²⁸Let them be erased from the book of life

and not be recorded with the righteous. ^y

²⁹But as for me—poor and in pain—

let Your salvation protect me, God. ^z

³⁰I will praise God’s name with song

and exalt Him with thanksgiving. ^a

³¹That will please Yahweh more than an ox,

more than a bull with horns and hooves. ^b

³²The humble will see it and rejoice.

You who seek God, take heart! ^c

³³For the Lord listens to the needy

and does not despise

His own who are prisoners. ^d