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^(C1)Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.

They ^(C1)repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul.

But as for me, ^(C1)when they were sick, my ^(C2)clothing was sackcloth; I ^(C3)humbled my soul with fasting, But my ^(C4)prayer kept returning to ^(F1)me.

I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I ^(C1)bowed down ^(F1)in mourning, like one who mourns for a mother.

But ^(C1)at my ^(F1)stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The ^(F2)(C2)afflicted people whom I did not know gathered together against me, They ^(F3)(C3)slandered me without ceasing.

Like godless jesters at a feast, They ^(C1)gnashed at me with their teeth.

Lord, ^(C1)how long will You look on? Rescue my soul ^(C2)from their ravages, My ^(C3)only life from the lions.

I will ^(C1)give You thanks in the great congregation; I will ^(C2)praise You among a mighty people.

^(C1)Do not let those who are wrongfully ^(C2)my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those ^(C3)who hate me for no reason ^(F1)(C4)wink maliciously.

For they do not speak peace, But they devise ^(C1)deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

They ^(C1)opened their mouth wide against me; They said, "^(C2)Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!"