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21 (A)When I was hungry, they gave me poison;
    when I was thirsty, they offered me vinegar.

22 (B)May their banquets cause their ruin;
    may their sacred feasts cause their downfall.
23 Strike them with blindness!
    Make their backs always weak!

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21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(A) for my thirst.(B)

22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(C)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become