11 There are witnesses trying to harm me. They ask me questions that I know nothing about.
12 They pay me back evil for the good I have done. They make me so very sad.
13 When they were sick, I was sad and wore sackcloth. I went without eating to show my sorrow. (May my prayers for them not be answered!)
14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or a brother. I bowed low with sadness, crying as I would for my own mother.
15 But when I had troubles, they laughed at me. They were not really friends. I was surrounded and attacked by people I didn’t even know.
16 They made fun of me, using the worst language. They ground their teeth to show their anger.
17 My Lord, how long will you watch this happen? Save my life from these people who are attacking me like lions and trying to destroy me.