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)

² May those who want to take my life^(C)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.^(D)
3 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(E)
    turn back because of their shame.
⁴ But may all who seek you^(F)
    rejoice and be glad^(G) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”^(H)

⁵ But as for me, I am poor and needy;^(I)
    come quickly to me,^(J) O God.
You are my help^(K) and my deliverer;^(L)
    Lord, do not delay.^(M)