17. And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
18. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
19. Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
21. They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22. Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
23. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
24. Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
25. Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
26. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
27. Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
28. Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
29. But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30. I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31. And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32. The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.