Psalm 35:11-13

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ Mean people come forward to speak against me.
    They ask me things I don’t know anything about.
¹² They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them.
    They leave me like someone who has lost a family member.
¹³ But when they were sick, I put on the clothing of sadness.
    I made myself humble by going without food.
My prayers for them weren’t always answered.