13 But as for me, (A)when they were sick, my (B)clothing was sackcloth;
I (C)humbled my soul with fasting,
And my (D)prayer kept returning to my bosom.
14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I (E)bowed down [a]mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.
15 But (F)at my [b]stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together;
The [c](G)smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,
They [d](H)slandered me without ceasing.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:14 Or dressed in black
  2. Psalm 35:15 Or limping
  3. Psalm 35:15 Or smitten ones
  4. Psalm 35:15 Lit tore

13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth(A)
    and humbled myself with fasting.(B)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
14     I went about mourning(C)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.
15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;(D)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered(E) me without ceasing.

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