Psalm 69:19-28

Good News Translation

¹⁹ You know how I am insulted,
    how I am disgraced and dishonored;
    you see all my enemies.
²⁰ Insults have broken my heart,
    and I am in despair.
I had hoped for sympathy, but there was none;
    for comfort, but I found none.
^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!
²⁴ Pour out your anger on them;
    let your indignation overtake them.
^25 (C)May their camps be left deserted;
    may no one be left alive in their tents.
²⁶ They persecute those whom you have punished;
    they talk about the sufferings of those you have wounded.
²⁷ Keep a record of all their sins;
    don't let them have any part in your salvation.
^28 (D)May their names be erased from the book of the living;
    may they not be included in the list of your people.