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15 I have stumbled,
    and worthless liars
I don't even know
    surround me and sneer.
16 Worthless people make fun[a]
    and never stop laughing.
17 But all you do is watch!
    When will you do something?
Save me from the attack
    of those vicious lions.

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  1. 35.16 Worthless … fun: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;(A)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered(B) me without ceasing.
16 Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;[a](C)
    they gnashed their teeth(D) at me.

17 How long,(E) Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life(F) from these lions.(G)

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  1. Psalm 35:16 Septuagint; Hebrew may mean Like an ungodly circle of mockers,