Psalms 35:9-17

⁹But I will be joyful in Yahweh and rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰All my bones will say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who rescues the oppressed from those who are too strong for them and the poor and needy from those who try to rob them?”

¹¹Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they accuse me falsely.

¹²They repay me evil for good. I am sorrowful.

¹³But, when they were sick, I wore sackcloth; I fasted for them with my head bowed on my chest.

¹⁴I went about in grief as for my brother; I bent down in mourning as for my mother.

¹⁵But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together against me, and I was surprised by them. They tore at me without stopping.

¹⁶With no respect at all they mocked me; they grind their teeth at me in rage.

¹⁷Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destructive attacks, my life from the lions.