4. Those men that do without a causebear hatred unto me,Than are the hairs upon my headin number more they be:They that would me destroy, and aremine en'mies wrongfully,Are mighty: so what I took not,to render forc'd was I.
5. Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sinsnot cover'd are from thee.
6. Let none that wait on thee be sham'd,Lord God of hosts, for me.O Lord, the God of Israel,let none, who search do make,And seek thee, be at any timeconfounded for my sake.
7. For I have borne reproach for thee,my face is hid with shame.
8. To brethren strange, to mother's sonsan alien I became.
9. Because the zeal did eat me up,which to thine house I bear;And the reproaches cast at thee,upon me fallen are.
10. My tears and fasts, t' afflict my soul,were turned to my shame.
11. When sackcloth I did wear, to thema proverb I became.
12. The men that in the gate do sitagainst me evil spake;They also that vile drunkards wereof me their song did make.
13. But, in an acceptable time,my pray'r, Lord, is to thee:In truth of thy salvation, Lord,and mercy great, hear me.
14. Deliver me out of the mire,from sinking do me keep;Free me from those that do me hate,and from the waters deep.