12 They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.(A)
13 Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.[a](B)
14 I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:13 Lit prayer returned to my chest

12 They repay me evil for good(A)
    and leave me like one bereaved.
13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth(B)
    and humbled myself with fasting.(C)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
14     I went about mourning(D)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.

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