Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me about things I do not know.
False witnesses did rise up; They laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Malicious and unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
Violent witnesses stand up. They question me about things I know nothing about.
Extend your mercy before those who know you, and your justice to these, who are upright in heart.
Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and thy justice to them that are right in heart.
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.
They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law,
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?
But Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters.