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14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother:
I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
15 But in [a]mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
The [b]abjects gathered themselves together against me, and [c]I knew it not;
They did tear me, and ceased not:
16 [d]Like the profane mockers in feasts,
They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

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  1. Psalm 35:15 Hebrew my limping.
  2. Psalm 35:15 Or, smiters
  3. Psalm 35:15 Or, those whom I knew not
  4. Psalm 35:16 Or, Among

14     I went about mourning(A)
    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;(B)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered(C) me without ceasing.
16 Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;[a](D)
    they gnashed their teeth(E) at me.

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  1. Psalm 35:16 Septuagint; Hebrew may mean Like an ungodly circle of mockers,