18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.
19 You know amy reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You.
20 Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of1 heaviness; aI looked forsomeone to take pity, but therewas none; And for bcomforters, but I found none.
21 They also gave me gall for my food, aAnd for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22aLet their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.
23aLet their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually.
24aPour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
25aLet their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents.
26 For they persecute the onesaYou have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
27aAdd iniquity to their iniquity, bAnd let them not come into Your righteousness.
28 Let them abe blotted out of the book of the living, bAnd not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30aI will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
31aThis also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves.
The psalmist provides a vivid picture of a person dealing with so many pressing issues at once that he feels as if he were drowning. Undoubtedly, He bore His sacrifices, rejections, and reproaches without complaint to those He was serving (I Peter 2:23). But this does not mean they did not affect His feelings and did not take them to God for comfort and consolation.
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