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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.
18 And when your people meet,
    I will praise you
and thank you, Lord,
    in front of them all.

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

16 Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;[a](A)
    they gnashed their teeth(B) at me.

17 How long,(C) Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life(D) from these lions.(E)
18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly;(F)
    among the throngs(G) I will praise you.(H)

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