hear me and give answer. I rock with grief; I groan
Malicious witnesses rise up, accuse me of things I do not know.
Do not abandon me to the desire of my foes; malicious and lying witnesses have risen against me.
The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death,
They scoff and spout their malice; from on high they utter threats.
They say, “God has abandoned him. Pursue, and seize him! No one will come to the rescue!”
O God, by your name save me. By your strength defend my cause.
from the wicked who despoil me. My ravenous enemies press upon me;
Those who say, “By our tongues we prevail; when our lips speak, who can lord it over us?”
They crossed over the ford to bring the king’s household over and to do whatever he wished. When Shimei, son of Gera, crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
Absalom would say to him, “Your case is good and just, but there is no one to hear you in the king’s name.”