Verse 22
Psalms 69:22
Literal Standard Version
22
Their table before them is for a snare, || And for a repayment—for a trap.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּ/בָרוּתִ֣/י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝/לִ/צְמָאִ֗/י יַשְׁק֥וּ/נִי חֹֽמֶץ
English Translation
And they gave me vinegar to drink in my thirst.
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Chapter 69 Context
1
TO THE OVERSEER. SET ON “LILIES.” BY DAVID. Save me, O God (Elohim), for waters have come to the sou...
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I have sunk in deep mire, || And there is no standing, || I have come into the depths of the waters,...
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I have been wearied with my calling, || My throat has been burned, || My eyes have been consumed, wa...
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Those hating me without cause || Have been more than the hairs of my head, || Mighty have been my de...
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O God (Elohim), You have known || Concerning my overturn, || And my desolations have not been hid fr...
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Do not let those waiting on You be ashamed because of me, || O Lord, YHWH of Hosts, || Do not let th...
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For because of You I have borne reproach, || Shame has covered my face.
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I have been a stranger to my brother, || And a foreigner to sons of my mother.
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For my zeal for Your house has consumed me, || And the reproaches of Your reproachers || Have fallen...
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10
And I weep in the fasting of my soul, || And it is for a reproach to me.
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And I make my clothing sackcloth, || And I am for an allegory to them.
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12
Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, || And those drinking strong drink, || Play on ins...
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And my prayer is to You, O YHWH, || A time of good pleasure, O God (Elohim), || In the abundance of...
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Deliver me from the mire, and do not let me sink, || Let me be delivered from those hating me, || An...
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15
Do not let a flood of waters overflow me, || Nor let the deep swallow me up, || Nor let the pit shut...
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Answer me, O YHWH, for Your kindness is good, || Turn to me according to the abundance of Your merci...
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And do not hide Your face from Your servant, || For I am in distress—hurry, answer me.
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Be near to my soul—redeem it, || Ransom me because of my enemies.
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You have known my reproach, || And my shame, and my blushing, || All my adversaries are before You.
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Reproach has broken my heart, and I am sick, || And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, || And...
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21
And they give gall for my food, || And cause me to drink vinegar for my thirst.
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Their table before them is for a snare, || And for a repayment—for a trap.
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Their eyes are darkened from seeing, || And their loins continually shake You.
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24
Pour Your indignation on them, || And the fierceness of Your anger seizes them.
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25
Their tower is desolated, || There is no dweller in their tents.
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For they have pursued him whom You have struck, || And recount of the pain of Your pierced ones.
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Give punishment for their iniquity, || And they do not enter into Your righteousness.
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They are blotted out of the scroll of life, || And are not written with the righteous.
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And I am afflicted and pained, || Your salvation, O God (Elohim), sets me on high.
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30
I praise the Name of God (Elohim) with a song, || And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,
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And it is better to YHWH than an ox, || A bullock—horned and hoofed.
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The humble have seen—they rejoice, || You who seek God (Elohim)—and your heart lives.
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For YHWH listens to the needy, || And He has not despised His bound ones.
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34
The heavens and earth praise Him, || Seas, and every moving thing in them.
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For God (Elohim) saves Zion, || And builds the cities of Judah, || And they have dwelt there, and po...
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And the seed of His servants inherit it, || And those loving His Name dwell in it!
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