Psalm 35:15–21

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;

assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.

They slandered me without ceasing.

Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;

they gnashed their teeth at me.

How long, Lord, will you look on?

Rescue me from their ravages,

my precious life from these lions.

I will give you thanks in the great assembly;

among the throngs I will praise you.

Do not let those gloat over me

who are my enemies without cause;

do not let those who hate me without reason

maliciously wink the eye.

They do not speak peaceably,

but devise false accusations

against those who live quietly in the land.

They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha!

With our own eyes we have seen it.”

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;

they gathered against me.

Assailants I did not know

tore at me and did not stop.

With godless mockery

they gnashed their teeth at me.

Lord, how long will you look on?

Rescue me from their ravages;

rescue my precious life from the young lions.

I will praise you in the great assembly;

I will exalt you among many people.

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;

do not let those who hate me without cause

wink at me maliciously.

For they do not speak in friendly ways,

but contrive fraudulent schemes

against those who live peacefully in the land.

They open their mouths wide against me and say,

“Aha, aha! We saw it!”

But they are glad now that I am in trouble;

they gleefully join together against me.

I am attacked by people I don’t even know;

they slander me constantly.

They mock me and call me names;

they snarl at me.

How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing?

Rescue me from their fierce attacks.

Protect my life from these lions!

Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly.

I will praise you before all the people.

Don’t let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat.

Don’t let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.

They don’t talk of peace;

they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.

They shout, “Aha! Aha!

With our own eyes we saw him do it!”

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together;

smiters whom I did not know gathered against me.

They tore and did not cease.

Among the ungodly of the mockers at feasts,

they gnashed at me with their teeth.

My Lord, how long will you watch?

Restore my life from their ravages,

my only life from the young lions.

I will give thanks to you in the great assembly;

among the mighty people I will praise you.

Let not those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me.

Nor let those who hate me without cause wink the eye.

For they do not speak peace,

but against the quiet ones of the land

they plan deceitful words.

They also made wide their mouths against me.

They said, “Aha! Aha!

Our eyes have seen it.”

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:

Yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not;

They did tear me, and ceased not:

With hypocritical mockers in feasts,

They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Lord, how long wilt thou look on?

Rescue my soul from their destructions,

My darling from the lions.

I will give thee thanks in the great congregation:

I will praise thee among much people.

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:

Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

For they speak not peace:

But they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,

And said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.