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22 Let their table be a trap for them,
    a snare for their allies.(A)
23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
    and make their loins tremble continually.(B)
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
    and let your burning anger overtake them.(C)
25 May their camp be a desolation;
    let no one live in their tents.(D)
26 For they persecute those whom you have struck down,
    and those whom you have wounded they attack still more.[a](E)
27 Add guilt to their guilt;
    may they have no acquittal from you.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
    let them not be enrolled among the righteous.(F)

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  1. 69.26 Gk Syr: Heb recount the pain of

22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(A)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(B)
24 Pour out your wrath(C) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(D)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(E)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(F)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(G)
    do not let them share in your salvation.(H)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(I)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(J)

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