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Psalm 69:19-36
New International Version
Psalm 69:19-36
New International Version
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 vinegar(D) for my thirst.(E)
22 May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(F)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.(G)
24 Pour out your wrath(H) 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 life(N)
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 song(Q)
and glorify him(R) 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 glad(T)—
you who seek God, may your hearts live!(U)
33 The Lord hears the needy(V)
and does not despise his captive people.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become
Psalm 69:19-36
King James Version
Psalm 69:19-36
King James Version
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
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