It comes up again and again in Psalms, just like it comes up again and again in life. People gossip and ridicule you. And it hurts. You can feel the hurt when you read this psalm. But there's comfort here too. God is on the side of the one who is hurt, not of the gossips. As the psalmist says,"While they curse, may you bless; may those who attack me be put to shame. (Verse 28).
{Psalm 109}