Psalms 35:14-20

¹⁴I behaved myself as if he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down in sadness, as one mourning for his mother.

¹⁵But at my fall they rejoice, and gather themselves together; Revilers whom I know not assemble themselves against me; They tear me without ceasing.

¹⁶With base men who mock for their bread, They gnash at me with their teeth.

¹⁷How long, O LORD! wilt thou look on? O rescue my life from the destruction they plot for me; My precious life from these young lions!

¹⁸I will thank thee in the great assembly! Before a numerous people I will praise thee.

¹⁹Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully triumph over me; Let them not wink with the eye, who hate me without cause!

²⁰For they speak not peace; They devise deceit against them that are quiet in the land.