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16 They made fun of me, using the worst language.
    They ground their teeth to show their anger.

17 My Lord, how long will you watch this happen?
    Save my life from these people
    who are attacking me like lions and trying to destroy me.

18 I will praise you in the great assembly.
    I will praise you there among the crowds.

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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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Footnotes

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