14. Rescue me from the mud.Do not let me sink ⌊into it⌋.I want to be rescued from those who hate meand from the deep water.
15. Do not let floodwaters sweep me away.Do not let the ocean swallow me up,or the pit close its mouth over me.
16. Answer me, O Lord, because your mercy is good.Out of your unlimited compassion, turn to me.
17. I am in trouble, so do not hide your face from me.Answer me quickly!
18. Come close, and defend my soul.Set me free because of my enemies.
19. You know that I have been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated.All my opponents are in front of you.
20. Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick.I looked for sympathy, but there was none.I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.
21. They poisoned my food,and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
22. Let the table set for them become a trapand a snare for their friends.
23. Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see.Let their thighs continually shake.
24. Pour your rage on them.Let your burning anger catch up with them.
25. Let their camp be desertedand their tents empty.
26. They persecute the one you have struck,and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.
27. Charge them with one crime after another.Do not let them be found innocent.
28. Let their ⌊names⌋ be erased from the Book of Life.Do not let them be listed with righteous people.
29. I am suffering and in pain.Let your saving power protect me, O God.