21. They gave me poison, not food. They gave me vinegar, not wine.
22. Their tables are covered with food. Let their fellowship meals destroy them.
23. Let them go blind and their backs become weak.
24. Show them how angry you are. Let them feel what your anger can do.
25. Make their homes empty. Don’t let anyone live there.
26. They try to hurt people you have already punished. They tell everyone about the suffering you gave them.
27. Punish them for the bad things they have done. Don’t show them how good you can be.
28. Erase their names from the book of life. Don’t let their names appear on the list of those who do what is right.
29. I am sad and hurting. God, lift me up and save me!
30. I will praise God’s name in song. I will honor him by giving him thanks.
31. The Lord will be happier with this than with the offering of an ox or a full-grown bull as a sacrifice.
32. Poor people, you came to worship God. You will be happy to know these things.
33. The Lord listens to poor, helpless people. He does not turn away from those who are in prison.
34. Praise him, heaven and earth! Sea and everything in it, praise him!
35. God will save Zion. He will rebuild the cities of Judah. The people will settle there again and own the land.