Psalm 69:19–33

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

all my enemies are before you.

²⁰Scorn 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

²¹They put gall in my food

and gave me vinegar^d for my thirst.^e

²²May the table set before them become a snare;

may it become retribution and^b a trap.^f

²³May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,

and their backs be bent forever.^g

²⁴Pour out your wrath^h on them;

let your fierce anger overtake them.

²⁵May their place be deserted;ⁱ

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

²⁶For they persecute those you wound

and talk about the pain of those you hurt.^k

²⁷Charge them with crime upon crime;^l

do not let them share in your salvation.^m

²⁸May they be blotted out of the book of lifeⁿ

and not be listed with the righteous.^o

²⁹But as for me, afflicted and in pain—

may your salvation, God, protect me.^p

³⁰I will praise God’s name in song^q

and glorify him^r with thanksgiving.

³¹This will please the Lord more than an ox,

more than a bull with its horns and hooves.^s

³²The poor will see and be glad^t—

you who seek God, may your hearts live!^u

³³The Lord hears the needy^v

and does not despise his captive people.