17 Do not hide your facew from your servant;

answer me quickly,x for I am in trouble.y

18 Come near and rescue me;

deliverz me because of my foes.

19 You know how I am scorned,a disgraced and shamed;

all my enemies are before you.

20 Scorn has broken my heart

and has left me helpless;

I looked for sympathy, but there was none,

for comforters,b but I found none.c

21 They put gall in my food

and gave me vinegard for my thirst.e

22 May the table set before them become a snare;

may it become retribution andb a trap.f

23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,

and their backs be bent forever.g

24 Pour out your wrathh on them;

let your fierce anger overtake them.

25 May their place be deserted;i

let there be no one to dwell in their tents.j

26 For they persecute those you wound

and talk about the pain of those you hurt.k

27 Charge them with crime upon crime;l

do not let them share in your salvation.m

28 May they be blotted out of the book of lifen

and not be listed with the righteous.o

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—

may your salvation, God, protect me.p

30 I will praise God’s name in songq

and glorify himr with thanksgiving.

31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,

more than a bull with its horns and hooves.s

32 The poor will see and be gladt—

you who seek God, may your hearts live!u

33 The Lord hears the needyv

and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,

the seas and all that move in them,w

35 for God will save Zionx

and rebuild the cities of Judah.y

Then people will settle there and possess it;

36 the children of his servants will inherit it,z

and those who love his name will dwell there.a