Psalm 35:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹² They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them.
    They leave me like someone who has lost a family member.
¹³ But when they were sick, I put on the clothing of sadness.
    I made myself humble by going without food.
My prayers for them weren’t always answered.
¹⁴     So I went around crying
    as if I were mourning over my friend or relative.
I bowed my head in sadness
    as if I were weeping over my mother.