18. For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
19. For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
20. But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.
21. Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
22. Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
23. Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.