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10 My whole being[a] will say,
    “O Lord, who is there like you?
You deliver those who are weak
    from those who are too strong for them,
and you protect the poor and needy
    from those who seek to exploit them.”
11 False witnesses step forward
    and question me about things I do not know.
12 They give me back evil in place of good
    and leave my soul in sorrow.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:10 My whole being: literally, “all my bones.” Poor and needy: see notes on Pss 22:27; 34:7.

10 My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you,(A) Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong(B) for them,
    the poor and needy(C) from those who rob them.”

11 Ruthless witnesses(D) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.
12 They repay me evil for good(E)
    and leave me like one bereaved.

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