16. With immature hypocritical mockers, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17. Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Restore my soul from their destructions, my life from the lions.
18. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among many people.
19. Let not those that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those that hate me wink with the eye without a cause.
20. For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those that are meek in the land.
21. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
22. This thou hast seen, O Lord; do not keep silence; O Lord, do not be far from me.
23. Stir up thyself and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24. Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it; let them not say, We have swallowed him up.