20 Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.(A)
21 Instead, they gave me gall[a] for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.(B)

22 Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.(C)

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  1. Psalm 69:21 A bitter substance

20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(A) but I found none.(B)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(C) for my thirst.(D)

22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(E)

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  1. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become