5. You, God, know my folly;my guilt is not hidden from you.
6. Lord, the Lord Almighty,may those who hope in younot be disgraced because of me;God of Israel,may those who seek younot be put to shame because of me.
7. For I endure scorn for your sake,and shame covers my face.
8. I am a foreigner to my own family,a stranger to my own mother’s children;
9. for zeal for your house consumes me,and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
10. When I weep and fast,I must endure scorn;
11. when I put on sackcloth,people make sport of me.
12. Those who sit at the gate mock me,and I am the song of the drunkards.
13. But I pray to you, Lord,in the time of your favour;in your great love, O God,answer me with your sure salvation.
14. Rescue me from the mire,do not let me sink;deliver me from those who hate me,from the deep waters.
15. Do not let the floodwaters engulf meor the depths swallow me upor the pit close its mouth over me.
16. Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;in your great mercy turn to me.
17. Do not hide your face from your servant;answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
18. Come near and rescue me;deliver me because of my foes.
19. You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;all my enemies are before you.
20. Scorn has broken my heartand has left me helpless;I looked for sympathy, but there was none,for comforters, but I found none.