19 You know (A)my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.
20 Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of [a]heaviness;
(B)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for (C)comforters, but I found none.
21 They also gave me gall for my food,
(D)And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 (E)Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.
23 (F)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.
24 (G)Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 (H)Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.
26 For they persecute the ones (I)You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
27 (J)Add iniquity to their iniquity,
(K)And let them not come into Your righteousness.
28 Let them (L)be blotted out of the book of the living,
(M)And not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 (N)I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
31 (O)This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.
32 (P)The humble shall see this and be glad;
And you who seek God, (Q)your hearts shall live.
33 For the Lord hears the poor,
And does not despise (R)His prisoners.

34 (S)Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas (T)and everything that moves in them.
35 (U)For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
36 Also, (V)the [b]descendants of His servants shall inherit it,
And those who love His name shall dwell in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:20 Lit. sickness
  2. Psalm 69:36 Lit. seed

19 קָרְבָ֣ה אֶל־נַפְשִׁ֣י גְאָלָ֑הּ לְמַ֖עַן אֹיְבַ֣י פְּדֵֽנִי׃

20 אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֗עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתִ֣י וּ֭בָשְׁתִּי וּכְלִמָּתִ֑י נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗ כָּל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃

21 חֶרְפָּ֤ה׀ שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה לִבִּ֗י וָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה וָאֲקַוֶּ֣ה לָנ֣וּד וָאַ֑יִן וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗ים וְלֹ֣א מָצָֽאתִי׃

22 וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּבָרוּתִ֣י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י יַשְׁק֥וּנִי חֹֽמֶץ׃

23 יְהִֽי־שֻׁלְחָנָ֣ם לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם לְפָ֑ח וְלִשְׁלוֹמִ֥ים לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃

24 תֶּחְשַׁ֣כְנָה עֵ֭ינֵיהֶם מֵרְא֑וֹת וּ֝מָתְנֵ֗יהֶם תָּמִ֥יד הַמְעַֽד׃

25 שְׁפָךְ־עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם זַעְמֶ֑ךָ וַחֲר֥וֹן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ יַשִּׂיגֵֽם׃

26 תְּהִי־טִֽירָתָ֥ם נְשַׁמָּ֑ה בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם אַל־יְהִ֥י יֹשֵֽׁב׃

27 כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־הִכִּ֣יתָ רָדָ֑פוּ וְאֶל־מַכְא֖וֹב חֲלָלֶ֣יךָ יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃

28 תְּֽנָה־עָ֭וֺן עַל־עֲוֺנָ֑ם וְאַל־יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

29 יִ֭מָּחֽוּ מִסֵּ֣פֶר חַיִּ֑ים וְעִ֥ם צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים אַל־יִכָּתֵֽבוּ׃

30 וַ֭אֲנִי עָנִ֣י וְכוֹאֵ֑ב יְשׁוּעָתְךָ֖ אֱלֹהִ֣ים תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃

31 אֲהַֽלְלָ֣ה שֵׁם־אֱלֹהִ֣ים בְּשִׁ֑יר וַאֲגַדְּלֶ֥נּוּ בְתוֹדָֽה׃

32 וְתִיטַ֣ב לַֽ֭יהוָה מִשּׁ֥וֹר פָּ֗ר מַקְרִ֥ן מַפְרִֽיס׃

33 רָא֣וּ עֲנָוִ֣ים יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ דֹּרְשֵׁ֥י אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים וִיחִ֥י לְבַבְכֶֽם׃

34 כִּֽי־שֹׁמֵ֣עַ אֶל־אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶת־אֲ֝סִירָ֗יו לֹ֣א בָזָֽה׃

35 יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֑רֶץ יַ֝מִּ֗ים וְֽכָל־רֹמֵ֥שׂ בָּֽם׃

36 כִּ֤י אֱלֹהִ֨ים׀ י֘וֹשִׁ֤יעַ צִיּ֗וֹן וְ֭יִבְנֶה עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֝֗ם וִירֵשֽׁוּהָ׃

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19 Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee [are] all mine adversaries.

20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

21 And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.

22 Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap.

23 Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.

24 Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them.

25 Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.

26 For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones.

27 Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

28 They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

29 And I [am] afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.

30 I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,

31 And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock -- horned -- hoofed.

32 The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth.

33 For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

34 The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.

35 For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

36 And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His name dwell in it!

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