8. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;
9. For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
10. And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; --
11. And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
12. They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
13. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:
14. Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.
15. Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
16. Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;
17. And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.
18. Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.
19. Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20. Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21. Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22. Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
23. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.
24. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.