Psalm 35:11-18

Christian Standard Bible

¹¹ Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.^(A)
12 They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.^(B)
13 Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.^[a](C)
14 I went about mourning as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning for a mother.^(D)
15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.^(E)
16 With godless mockery^[b]
they gnashed their teeth at me.^(F)

¹⁷ Lord, how long will you look on?^(G)
Rescue me from their ravages;
rescue my precious life from the young lions.^(H)
18 I will praise you in the great assembly;
I will exalt you among many people.^(I)