Psalm 69:19-36

English Standard Version

¹⁹ You know my ^(A)reproach,
    and my shame and my dishonor;
    my foes are all known to you.
^20 (B)Reproaches have broken my heart,
    so that I am in ^(C)despair.
I ^(D)looked for ^(E)pity, but there was none,
    and for ^(F)comforters, but I found none.
²¹ They gave me ^(G)poison for food,
    and for my thirst they gave me ^(H)sour wine to drink.

^22 (I)Let their own ^(J)table before them become a snare;
    ^(K)and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.^[a]
23 (L)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
    ^(M)and make their loins tremble continually.
²⁴ Pour out your indignation upon them,
    and let your burning anger overtake them.
^25 (N)May their camp be a desolation;
    let no one dwell in their tents.
²⁶ For they ^(O)persecute him whom ^(P)you have struck down,
    and they recount the pain of ^(Q)those you have wounded.
^27 (R)Add to them punishment upon punishment;
    may they have no acquittal from you.^[b]
28 Let them be ^(S)blotted out of the book of the living;
    let them not be ^(T)enrolled among the righteous.

²⁹ But I am afflicted and in pain;
    let your salvation, O God, ^(U)set me on high!

³⁰ I will ^(V)praise the name of God with a song;
    I will ^(W)magnify him with ^(X)thanksgiving.
³¹ This will ^(Y)please the Lord more than an ox
    or a bull ^(Z)with horns and hoofs.
³² When ^(AA)the humble see it they will be glad;
    you who seek God, ^(AB)let your hearts revive.
³³ For the Lord hears the needy
    and ^(AC)does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

³⁴ Let ^(AD)heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and everything that moves in them.
³⁵ For ^(AE)God will save Zion
    and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
^{36     (AF)}the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
    and those who love his name shall dwell in it.