20 (A)Reproaches have broken my heart,
    so that I am in (B)despair.
I (C)looked for (D)pity, but there was none,
    and for (E)comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me (F)poison for food,
    and for my thirst they gave me (G)sour wine to drink.

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

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

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

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

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Notas al pie

  1. Psalm 69:22 Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap
  2. Psalm 69:27 Hebrew may they not come into your righteousness

20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(A) but I found none.(B)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(C) for my thirst.(D)

22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(E)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(F)
24 Pour out your wrath(G) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(H)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(I)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(J)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(K)
    do not let them share in your salvation.(L)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(M)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(N)

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.(O)

30 I will praise God’s name in song(P)
    and glorify him(Q) with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.(R)
32 The poor will see and be glad(S)
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!(T)
33 The Lord hears the needy(U)
    and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,(V)
35 for God will save Zion(W)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.(X)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
36     the children of his servants will inherit it,(Y)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.(Z)

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Notas al pie

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