16. Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
17. And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
18. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
19. Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
21. They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22. Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
23. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.