Psalm 35:17–26

17 How long,o Lord, will you look on?

Rescue me from their ravages,

my precious lifep from these lions.q

18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly;r

among the throngss I will praise you.t

19 Do not let those gloat over me

who are my enemiesu without cause;

do not let those who hate me without reasonv

maliciously wink the eye.w

20 They do not speak peaceably,

but devise false accusationsx

against those who live quietly in the land.

21 They sneery at me and say, “Aha! Aha!z

With our own eyes we have seen it.”

22 Lord, you have seena this; do not be silent.

Do not be farb from me, Lord.

23 Awake,c and rised to my defense!

Contende for me, my God and Lord.

24 Vindicate me in your righteousness, Lord my God;

do not let them gloatf over me.

25 Do not let them think, “Aha,g just what we wanted!”

or say, “We have swallowed him up.”h

26 May all who gloati over my distressj

be put to shamek and confusion;

may all who exalt themselves over mel

be clothed with shame and disgrace.