11 Fierce witnesses rise up;
They ask me things that I do not know.
12 (A)They reward me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.
13 But as for me, (B)when they were sick,
My clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting;
And my prayer would return to my own [a]heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:13 Lit. bosom

11 Ruthless witnesses(A) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.
12 They repay me evil for good(B)
    and leave me like one bereaved.
13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth(C)
    and humbled myself with fasting.(D)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

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