¹¹ Malicious witnesses rise up;
    they ask me about things I do not know.^(A)
12 They repay me evil for good;
    my soul is forlorn.^(B)
13 But as for me, when they were sick,
    I wore sackcloth;
    I afflicted myself with fasting.
I prayed with head bowed^[a] on my bosom,^(C)
14     as though I grieved for a friend or a brother;
I went about as one who laments for a mother,
    bowed down and in mourning.

¹⁵ But at my stumbling they gathered in glee;
    they gathered together against me;
ruffians whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;^(D)
16 they impiously mocked more and more,^[b]
    gnashing at me with their teeth.

¹⁷ How long, O Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my life from the lions!^(E)
18 Then I will thank you in the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.^(F)

¹⁹ Do not let my treacherous enemies rejoice over me
    or those who hate me without cause wink the eye.^(G)
20 For they do not speak peace,
    but they conceive deceitful words
    against those who are quiet in the land.
²¹ They open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, “Aha, Aha,
    our eyes have seen it.”^(H)

²² You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent!
    O Lord, do not be far from me!^(I)
23 Wake up! Rouse yourself for my defense,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!^(J)
24 Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and do not let them rejoice over me.^(K)
25 Do not let them say to themselves,
    “Aha, we have our heart’s desire.”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed you^[c] up.”^(L)

²⁶ Let all those who rejoice at my calamity
    be put to shame and confusion;
let those who exalt themselves against me
    be clothed with shame and dishonor.^(M)

²⁷ Let those who desire my vindication
    shout for joy and be glad
    and say evermore,
“Great is the Lord,
    who delights in the welfare of his servant.”^(N)
28 Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all day long.^(O)