New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 35:11-16

11Maliciousחָמָ֑סcha.MasH2555witnessesעֵדֵ֣י'e.DeiH5707riseיְ֭קוּמוּןYe.ku.munH6965up;They askיִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃yish.'a.Lu.niH7592me of things that I do not knowיָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045.

12Theyrepayיְשַׁלְּמ֣וּנִיye.sha.le.Mu.niH7999me evilH7463for goodH2899, Tothe bereavementשְׁכ֣וֹלshe.KholH7908of my soulלְנַפְשִֽׁי׃le.naf.ShiH5315.

13But as for me,when they were sickבַּחֲלוֹתָ֡םba.cha.lo.TamH2470, myclothingלְב֬וּשִׁיle.Vu.shiH3830was sackclothשָׂ֗קSakH8242; Ihumbledעִנֵּ֣יתִי'i.Nei.tiH6031my soulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315with fastingבַצּ֣וֹםva.TzomH6685, And myprayerוּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗יu.te.fi.la.TiH8605kept returningתָשֽׁוּב׃ta.ShuvH7725to my bosomחֵיקִ֥יchei.KiH2436.

14I wentהִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּיhit.ha.La.khe.tiH1980about as though it were my friendכְּרֵֽעַ־ke.re.a'-H7453or brotherכְּאָ֣חke.'AchH251; Ibowedשַׁחֽוֹתִי׃sha.Cho.tiH7817downH7817mourningקֹדֵ֥רko.DerH6937,as oneH57whoH57sorrowsH57for a motherאֵ֝֗ם'EmH517.

15But at mystumblingוּבְצַלְעִי֮u.ve.tzal.'IH6761they rejoicedשָׂמְח֪וּsa.me.ChuH8055and gatheredוְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּve.ne.'E.Sa.fuH622themselves together; Thesmitersנֵ֭כִיםNe.khimH5222whom I did not knowיָדַ֑עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045gatheredנֶאֶסְפ֬וּne.'es.FuH622together againstעָלַ֣י'a.LaiH5921me, Theyslanderedקָֽרְע֥וּka.re.'UH7167me withoutH3808ceasingדָֽמּוּ׃Da.muH1826.

16Like godlessבְּ֭חַנְפֵיBe.chan.feiH2611jestersלַעֲגֵ֣יla.'a.GeiH3934at a feastמָע֑וֹגma.'ogH4580, Theygnashedחָרֹ֖קcha.RokH2786at me with their teethשִׁנֵּֽימוֹ׃shi.Nei.movH8127.

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