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13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:
I afflicted my soul with fasting;
And my prayer [a]returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother:
I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
15 But in [b]mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
The [c]abjects gathered themselves together against me, and [d]I knew it not;
They did tear me, and ceased not:

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:13 Or, shall return
  2. Psalm 35:15 Hebrew my limping.
  3. Psalm 35:15 Or, smiters
  4. Psalm 35:15 Or, those whom I knew not

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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