God's Word Translation

Psalms 69:20-31 God's Word Translation (GW)

20. Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick.I looked for sympathy, but there was none.I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.

21. They poisoned my food,and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

22. Let the table set for them become a trapand a snare for their friends.

23. Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see.Let their thighs continually shake.

24. Pour your rage on them.Let your burning anger catch up with them.

25. Let their camp be desertedand their tents empty.

26. They persecute the one you have struck,and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.

27. Charge them with one crime after another.Do not let them be found innocent.

28. Let their ⌊names⌋ be erased from the Book of Life.Do not let them be listed with righteous people.

29. I am suffering and in pain.Let your saving power protect me, O God.

30. I want to praise the name of God with a song.I want to praise its greatness with a song of thanksgiving.

31. This will please the Lord more than ⌊sacrificing⌋ an oxor a bull with horns and hoofs.