Psa 69:8-28 | ESV | STEP | I have become a stranger to my brothers , an alien to my mother’s sons .

8 I have become ^aa stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s sons.
9 For ^bzeal for your house has consumed me,
and ^cthe reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and humbled ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks and humbled} my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11 When I made ^esackcloth my clothing,
I became ^fa byword to them.
12 I am the talk of those who ^gsit in the gate,
and the drunkards make ^hsongs about me.
13 But as for me, my ⁱprayer is to you, O Lord.
At ^jan acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14 Deliver me
from sinking in ^kthe mire;
^llet me be delivered from my enemies
and from ^mthe deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or ⁿthe pit close ^oits mouth over me.
16 Answer me, O Lord, for your ^psteadfast love is good;
according to your abundant ^qmercy, ^rturn to me.
17 ^sHide not your face from your servant,
^tfor I am in distress; ^umake haste to answer me.
18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19 You know my ^vreproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20 ^wReproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in ^xdespair.
I ^ylooked for ^zpity, but there was none,
and for ^aacomforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me ^abpoison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me ^acsour wine to drink.
22 ^adLet their own ^aetable before them become a snare;
^afand when they are at peace, let it become a trap. ^{▼▼Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap}
23 ^ahLet their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
^aiand make their loins tremble continually.
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25 ^ajMay their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26 For they ^akpersecute him whom ^alyou have struck down,
and they recount the pain of ^amthose you have wounded.
27 ^anAdd to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you. ^{▼▼Hebrew may they not come into your righteousness}
28 Let them be ^apblotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be ^aqenrolled among the righteous.