Psa 35:7, 11-16, 19-21 | ESV | STEP | For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life .

Psalms 35:7

7 For ^awithout cause ^bthey hid their net for me;
without cause they dug ^ca pit for my life. ^{▼▼The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life}

Psalms 35:11-16

11 ^eMalicious ^{▼▼Or Violent} witnesses rise up;
they ask me of things that I do not know.
12 ^gThey repay me evil for good;
my soul is bereft. ^{▼▼Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul}
13 But I, ⁱwhen they were sick—
I ^jwore sackcloth;
I ^kafflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^lwith head bowed ^{▼▼Or my prayer shall turn back} on my chest.
14 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
I ⁿbowed down in mourning.
15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
they gathered together against me;
^owretches whom I did not know
tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
they ^qgnash at me with their teeth.

Psalms 35:19-21

19 ^rLet not those rejoice over me
who are ^swrongfully my foes,
and let not those ^twink the eye
who ^uhate me ^vwithout cause.
20 For they do not speak peace,
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.
21 They ^wopen wide their mouths against me;
they say, ^x“Aha, Aha!
Our eyes have seen it!”