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14     as I would pray for a friend or a brother.
I went around bent over in mourning,
    as one who mourns for his mother.

15 But when I was in trouble, they were all glad
    and gathered around to make fun of me;
strangers beat me
    and kept striking me.
16 Like those who would mock a cripple,[a]
    they glared at me with hate.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:16 Probable text Like those … cripple; Hebrew unclear.

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