Psalm 69:19–33

¹⁹You see my shame and disgrace.

You know all my enemies and what they have said.

²⁰Insults have broken my heart

and left me weak.

I looked for sympathy, but there was none;

I found no one to comfort me.

²¹They put poison in my food

and gave me vinegar to drink.

²²Let their own feasts cause their ruin;

let their feasts trap them and pay them back.

²³Let their eyes be closed so they cannot see

and their backs be forever weak from troubles.

²⁴Pour your anger out on them;

let your anger catch up with them.

²⁵May their place be empty;

leave no one to live in their tents.

²⁶They chase after those you have hurt,

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

²⁷Charge them with crime after crime,

and do not let them have anything good.

²⁸Wipe their names from the book of life,

and do not list them with those who do what is right.

²⁹I am sad and hurting.

God, save me and protect me.

³⁰I will praise God in a song

and will honor him by giving thanks.

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

more than sacrificing a bull with horns and hoofs.

³²Poor people will see this and be glad.

Be encouraged, you who worship God.

³³The Lord listens to those in need

and does not look down on captives.