¹¹ Ruthless witnesses^(A) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.
¹² They repay me evil for good^(B)
    and leave me like one bereaved.
¹³ Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth^(C)
    and humbled myself with fasting.^(D)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
¹⁴     I went about mourning^(E)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.
¹⁵ But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;^(F)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered^(G) me without ceasing.
¹⁶ Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;^[a](H)
    they gnashed their teeth^(I) at me.

¹⁷ How long,^(J) Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life^(K) from these lions.^(L)
18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly;^(M)
    among the throngs^(N) I will praise you.^(O)
19 Do not let those gloat over me
    who are my enemies^(P) without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason^(Q)
    maliciously wink the eye.^(R)
20 They do not speak peaceably,
    but devise false accusations^(S)
    against those who live quietly in the land.
²¹ They sneer^(T) at me and say, “Aha! Aha!^(U)
    With our own eyes we have seen it.”