Psalms 35:11-21

11Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know.

12They repay me evil for good, making me desolate.

13Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine.

14I went about mourning as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for a mother.

15But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; they gathered against me. Assailants I did not know tore at me and did not stop.

16With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me.

17Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages; rescue my precious life from the young lions.

18I will praise you in the great assembly; I will exalt you among many people.

19Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink at me maliciously.

20For they do not speak in friendly ways, but contrive fraudulent schemes against those who live peacefully in the land.

21They open their mouths wide against me and say, “Aha, aha! We saw it!”