12. They reward me evil for good,To the sorrow of my soul.
13. But as for me, when they were sick,My clothing was sackcloth;I humbled myself with fasting;And my prayer would return to my own heart.
14. I paced about as though he were my friend or brother;I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.
15. But in my adversity they rejoicedAnd gathered together;Attackers gathered against me,And I did not know it;They tore at me and did not cease;
16. With ungodly mockers at feastsThey gnashed at me with their teeth.
17. Lord, how long will You look on?Rescue me from their destructions,My precious life from the lions.
18. I will give You thanks in the great assembly;I will praise You among many people.
19. Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
20. For they do not speak peace,But they devise deceitful mattersAgainst the quiet ones in the land.