Psalm 35:15-28

English Standard Version

¹⁵ But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
^(A)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
¹⁶ like profane mockers at a feast,^[a]
    they ^(B)gnash at me with their teeth.

¹⁷ How long, O Lord, will you ^(C)look on?
    Rescue me from their destruction,
    ^(D)my precious life from the lions!
¹⁸ I will thank you in ^(E)the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.

^19 (F)Let not those rejoice over me
    who are ^(G)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those ^(H)wink the eye
    who ^(I)hate me ^(J)without cause.
²⁰ For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.
²¹ They ^(K)open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, ^(L)“Aha, Aha!
    Our eyes have seen it!”

^22 (M)You have seen, O Lord; ^(N)be not silent!
    O Lord, ^(O)be not far from me!
²³ Awake and ^(P)rouse yourself for ^(Q)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
^24 (R)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and ^(S)let them not rejoice over me!
²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(T)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(U)“We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶ Let them be ^(V)put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be ^(W)clothed with shame and dishonor
    who ^(X)magnify themselves against me!

²⁷ Let those who delight in my righteousness
    shout for joy and be glad
    ^(Y)and say evermore,
^(Z)“Great is the Lord,
    who ^(AA)delights in the welfare of his servant!”
²⁸ Then my ^(AB)tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all the day long.