New International Version

Psalm 35:11-16 New International Version (NIV)

11. Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.

12. They repay me evil for good and leave me like one bereaved.

13. Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

14. I went about mourning 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; assailants gathered against me without my knowledge. They slandered me without ceasing.

16. Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked; they gnashed their teeth at me.