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.
21. They also opened their mouth wide against me,And said, “Aha, aha!Our eyes have seen it.”
22. This You have seen, O Lord;Do not keep silence.O Lord, do not be far from me.
23. Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,To my cause, my God and my Lord.
24. Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness;And let them not rejoice over me.