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14     I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
    I (A)bowed down in mourning.
15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
(B)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast,[a]
    they (C)gnash at me with their teeth.

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  1. Psalm 35:16 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain