^{19 Ref} Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.

^{20 Ref} Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

^{21 Ref} They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

^{22 Ref} Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, `let it become' a trap.

^{23 Ref} Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.

^{24 Ref} Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

^{25 Ref} Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

^{26 Ref} For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

^{27 Ref} Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

^{28 Ref} Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

^{29 Ref} But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

^{30 Ref} I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

^{31 Ref} And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, `Or' a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

^{32 Ref} The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

^{33 Ref} For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.

^{34 Ref} Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

^{35 Ref} For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

^{36 Ref} The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 70 For the Chief Musician. `A Psalm' of David; to bring to remembrance.