⁹ Then I will be joyful in Adonai,
I will rejoice in his salvation.
¹⁰ All my bones will say,
“Who is like you?
Who can rescue the weak
from those stronger than they,
the poor and needy
from those who exploit them?”

¹¹ Malicious witnesses come forward,
asking me things about which I know nothing.
¹² They repay me evil for good;
it makes me feel desolate as a parent bereaved.
¹³ But I, when they were ill, wore sackcloth;
I put myself out and fasted;
I can pray that what I prayed for them
might also happen to me.
¹⁴ I behaved as I would for my friend or my brother;
I bent down in sorrow as if mourning my mother.

¹⁵ But when I stumble, they gather in glee;
they gather against me and strike me unawares;
they tear me apart unceasingly.
¹⁶ With ungodly mocking and grimacing,
they grind their teeth at me.
¹⁷ Adonai, how much longer will you look on?
Rescue me from their assaults,
save the one life I have from the lions!