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Cruel witnesses rose up; they asked of me that which I never knew. They rewarded me evil for good; bereaving my soul. But when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned into my own bosom. read more.
As a friend, as to my brother, I walked; as one who mourns for a mother, I was bowed down, mourning. But in my stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves; the defamers gathered themselves against me, and I knew not; they tore and were not silent, with the hypocrites, mockers, for a cake, they gnashed on me with their teeth.

For my love they are my foes; but I am in prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.