12 They (A)repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.
13 But as for me, (B)when they were sick, my (C)clothing was sackcloth;
I (D)humbled my soul with fasting,
But my (E)prayer kept returning to [a]me.
14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I (F)bowed down [b]in mourning, like one who mourns for a mother.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:13 Lit my chest
  2. Psalm 35:14 Or dressed for mourning

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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