Psalms 69:16-22

¹⁶Please answer my prayers, Lord, for you are good and love me with your trustworthy love; because of your kindness, please help me.

¹⁷Don't turn away from me, your servant. Please answer me quickly because I'm in trouble.

¹⁸Come here and rescue me; set me free from my enemies.

¹⁹You—you know my shame, my disgrace, my humiliation. You see everything my enemies are doing.

²⁰Insults have broken my heart—I am so sick there is no cure. I looked for some sympathy, but there was no one! Nobody showed me any compassion.

²¹Instead they gave me bitter herbs to eat and vinegar to drink.

²²May the table set before them become a trap for them, a net that catches them, bringing punishment.