10. When I wept in the fasting of my soul, it became reproaches for me.
11. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became for them a byword.
12. Those sitting at the gate talk about me as also the songs of the drunkards.
13. But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Yahweh, for a favorable time, O God, according to the abundance of your loyal love. Answer me with the faithfulness of your salvation.
14. Deliver me from the mud and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me and from the watery depths.
15. Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or the deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.
16. Answer me, O Yahweh, because your loyal love is good; according to your abundant mercies, turn to me,