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New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 35
⁶ Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
⁷ I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me. I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
⁸ So let sudden ruin come upon them! Let them be caught in the trap they set for me! Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.
⁹ Then I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be glad because he rescues me.
¹⁰ With every bone in my body I will praise him: “LORD, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the helpless from the strong? Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?”
¹¹ Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.
¹² They repay me evil for good. I am sick with despair.
¹³ Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them. I denied myself by fasting for them, but my prayers returned unanswered.
¹⁴ I was sad, as though they were my friends or family, as if I were grieving for my own mother.
¹⁵ But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don’t even know; they slander me constantly.
¹⁶ They mock me and call me names; they snarl at me.