10 My very bones will say,“Lord, who is like You, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,the poor or the needy from one who robs him? ”
11 Malicious witnesses come forward;they question me about things I do not know.
12 They repay me evil for good,making me desolate.
13 Yet when they were sick,my clothing was sackcloth;I humbled myself with fasting,and my prayer was genuine.
14 I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;I was bowed down with grief,like one mourning a mother.
15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;they gathered against me.Assailants I did not knowtore at me and did not stop.
16 With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me.