Psalm 35:11-36:2

English Standard Version

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

¹⁵ But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
^(H)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
¹⁶ like profane mockers at a feast,^[d]
    they ^(I)gnash at me with their teeth.

¹⁷ How long, O Lord, will you ^(J)look on?
    Rescue me from their destruction,
    ^(K)my precious life from the lions!
¹⁸ I will thank you in ^(L)the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.

^19 (M)Let not those rejoice over me
    who are ^(N)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those ^(O)wink the eye
    who ^(P)hate me ^(Q)without cause.
²⁰ For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.
²¹ They ^(R)open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, ^(S)“Aha, Aha!
    Our eyes have seen it!”

^22 (T)You have seen, O Lord; ^(U)be not silent!
    O Lord, ^(V)be not far from me!
²³ Awake and ^(W)rouse yourself for ^(X)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
^24 (Y)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and ^(Z)let them not rejoice over me!
²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(AA)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(AB)“We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶ Let them be ^(AC)put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be ^(AD)clothed with shame and dishonor
    who ^(AE)magnify themselves against me!

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