Psalms 35:11-21

11Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.

12They reward me evil for good, To the sorrow of my soul.

13But as for me, when they were sick, My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting; And my prayer would return to my own heart.

14I paced about as though he were my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.

15But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together; Attackers gathered against me, And I did not know it; They tore at me and did not cease;

16With ungodly mockers at feasts They gnashed at me with their teeth.

17Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, My precious life from the lions.

18I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

19Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies; Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

20For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful matters Against the quiet ones in the land.

21They also opened their mouth wide against me, And said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.”