Psalms 69:22-36 ▼

22 May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

24 Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

28 May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

29 But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

30 I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

31 And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

32 The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

33 For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.