Psalms 69:23-35

²³May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection.

²⁴Pour out your judgment on them; chase them down in your fierce anger.

²⁵Let the places where they live be deserted. Let their homes be abandoned.

²⁶For they persecute those you have punished, and make it even more painful for those you have disciplined.

²⁷Punish them for the evil they have done. Don't acquit them.

²⁸Blot out their names from the Book of Life. Don't let them be listed with those who do right.

²⁹But I am suffering and in physical pain. God, please save me and keep me safe.

³⁰I will praise God's character in song; I will say how incredible he is and how thankful I am.

³¹The Lord is happier with this than with offering animals as sacrifices: cattle, or bulls with horns and hooves.

³²The humble will see this and be happy. May God encourage everyone who comes to him.

³³God hears the poor, and he does not ignore his people who are in prison.

³⁴Praise him heaven and earth, the seas and everything that lives in them!

³⁵For God will save Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah. They will live there and own the land.