Catholic Public Domain Version
"My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence. "
— Psalms 37:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”
“The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth. ”
“The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.”
“Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.”
“My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off:”
“The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.”
“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”
I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.
My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.
And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.
And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.