Psalm 35:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ But when they were sick, I wore clothes for grieving,
    and I kept a strict fast.
When my prayer came back unanswered,^[a]
14 I would wander around like I was grieving a friend or a brother.
    I was weighed down, sad, like I was a mother in mourning.
¹⁵ But when I stumbled, they celebrated and gathered together—
    they gathered together against me!
    Strangers^[b] I didn’t know tore me to pieces and wouldn’t quit.