Psalm 69:19–37 | Liturgical Calendar

19

Draw near to me and save me; *

O deliver me because of my enemies.

20

You have known my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; *

my adversaries are all in your sight.

21

Reproach has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; *

I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no one, neither have I found any to comfort me.

22

They gave me gall to eat, *

and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

23

Let their table become a snare for them, *

and let their prosperity become a trap for them.

24

Let their eyes be blinded, that they may not see, *

and make their loins tremble continually.

25

Pour out your indignation upon them, *

and let your wrathful displeasure overtake them.

26

Let their habitation be desolate, *

and let no one dwell in their tents.

27

For they persecute him whom you have stricken, *

and they talk of the pain of those you have wounded.

28

Lay to their charge guilt upon guilt, *

and let them not receive your vindication.

29

Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, *

and not be written among the righteous.

30

As for me, when I am poor and in pain, *

your help, O God, shall lift me up.

31

I will praise the Name of God with a song, *

and magnify it with thanksgiving.

32

This also shall please the Lord *

more than an ox or a bullock that has horns and hooves.

33

The humble shall consider this and be glad; *

seek after God and your hearts shall live.

34

For the Lord hears the poor *

and does not despise his prisoners.

35

Let heaven and earth praise him, *

the sea, and all that moves therein.

36

For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, *

that they may dwell there and have it in possession.

37

The posterity of his servants shall inherit it, *

and those who love his Name shall dwell therein.