Psalm 35:11-21

11Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.

12They repay me evil for good and leave me like one bereaved.

13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

14I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.

15But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; assailants gathered against me without my knowledge. They slandered me without ceasing.

16Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked; Septuagint; Hebrew may mean Like an ungodly circle of mockers, they gnashed their teeth at me.

17How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

18I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among the throngs I will praise you.

19Do not let those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; do not let those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.

20They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.

21They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it.”