Psalm 69:19-70:5

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.

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

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

⁵ But as for me, I am poor and needy;^(AJ)
    come quickly to me,^(AK) O God.
You are my help^(AL) and my deliverer;^(AM)
    Lord, do not delay.^(AN)