Feb 12, 2019
19 You know how I
am scorned, 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, 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.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with its horns and
hooves.
32 The poor will see and be glad—
you who seek God, may your hearts
live!
33 The Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his captive
people.
34 Let heaven and
earth praise him,
the seas and all that move in
them,
35 for God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah.
Then people will settle there and
possess it;
36 the children of
his servants will inherit it,
and those who love his name will dwell
there.