Psalm 69:20-30 (New International Version)

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20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters,¹ but I found none.² 21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar³ for my thirst.⁴ 22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and^a a trap.⁵ 23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.⁶ 24 Pour out your wrath⁷ on them; let your fierce anger overtake them. 25 May their place be deserted;⁸ let there be no one to dwell in their tents.⁹ 26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.¹⁰ 27 Charge them with crime upon crime;¹¹ do not let them share in your salvation.¹² 28 May they be blotted out of the book of life¹³ and not be listed with the righteous.¹⁴ 29 I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me.¹⁵ 30 I will praise God's name in song¹⁶ and glorify him¹⁷ with thanksgiving.

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