20Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
for comforters, but I found no one.
21They poisoned my food with gall
and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
22May their table become a snare;
may it be a retribution and a trap.
23May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.
24Pour out Your wrath upon them,
and let Your burning anger overtake them.
25May their place be deserted;
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute the one You struck
and recount the pain of those You wounded.
27Add iniquity to their iniquity;
let them not share in Your righteousness.
28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life
and not listed with the righteous.
29But I am in pain and distress;
let Your salvation protect me, O God.
— Psalm 69:20-29