69:25 May their camp become desolate,
their tents uninhabited! 1
69:26 For they harass 2 the one whom you discipline; 3
they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. 4
69:27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! 5
Do not vindicate them! 6
69:28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! 7
Do not let their names be listed with the godly! 8
69:29 I am oppressed and suffering!
O God, deliver and protect me! 9
69:30 I will sing praises to God’s name! 10
I will magnify him as I give him thanks! 11
69:31 That will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull
with horns and hooves.
69:32 The oppressed look on – let them rejoice!
You who seek God, 12 may you be encouraged! 13
69:33 For the Lord listens to the needy;
he does not despise his captive people. 14
69:34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him,
along with the seas and everything that swims in them!
69:35 For God will deliver Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah,
and his people 15 will again live in them and possess Zion. 16
69:36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it,
and those who are loyal to him 17 will live in it. 18