20 (A)Reproaches have broken my heart,
    so that I am in (B)despair.
I (C)looked for (D)pity, but there was none,
    and for (E)comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me (F)poison for food,
    and for my thirst they gave me (G)sour wine to drink.

22 (H)Let their own (I)table before them become a snare;
    (J)and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.[a]

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  1. Psalm 69:22 Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap

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