"And if someone comes to see emptiness, he should speak to his heart. When I enter the synagogues, they say to me, 'May God have mercy on you,' and they pray for me with their mouths, but in their hearts, they seek evil for me. When they pray in front of me, and when they go outside, they speak about me together in a whisper. What is the word of the wicked that they pour out?
They say, 'He is a wise man, David knows what he is doing, he can stand on his own.' But he is a deceitful man, in order to recognize the opinion of each one. That is why it is said, 'the word of the wicked.' They say to me, 'Who said this about you?'
Perhaps a stranger said it to them. I said, 'I will not give their words a place in my heart, but I trust in you, O God. You will be gracious to me and sustain me. As for them, let them be punished.'
David asked, 'What are you going to pay them?' God replied, 'God forbid, I will not pay them any evil.'" (Psalm 35:13) "But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer kept returning to my bosom." They said to him [David], "Who knows what this sackcloth is, and why do you pray for them?" He said to them, "If it is so, may harm come upon me, and may my prayer be upon my bosom."
Therefore, "And You, O Lord, be gracious to me." And the Lord said to him, "Since you have done so, I know that you delight in Me, and in the end, you will be supported by Me. What more can I do for you but bless you? Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen."