Psalms 69:20-30

20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and[a] a trap.
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain— may your salvation, God, protect me.
30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

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Cross References 17

  • 1. Job 16:2
  • 2. Psalms 142:4; Isaiah 63:5
  • 3. S Numbers 6:3; Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36
  • 4. Matthew 27:34; Mark 15:23; John 19:28-30
  • 5. S 1 Samuel 28:9; S Job 18:10
  • 6. Isaiah 6:9-10; Romans 11:9-10*
  • 7. Psalms 79:6; Jeremiah 10:25
  • 8. S Leviticus 26:43; Matthew 23:38
  • 9. Acts 1:20*
  • 10. S Job 19:22; Isaiah 53:4; Zechariah 1:15
  • 11. Nehemiah 4:5
  • 12. Psalms 109:14; Isaiah 26:10
  • 13. Exodus 32:32-33; S Luke 10:20; Philippians 4:3
  • 14. Ezekiel 13:9
  • 15. S Psalms 20:1; Psalms 59:1; Psalms 70:5
  • 16. Psalms 28:7
  • 17. Psalms 34:3

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "snare" / "and their fellowship become"
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