9. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;My eye wastes away with grief,Yes, my soul and my body!
10. For my life is spent with grief,And my years with sighing;My strength fails because of my iniquity,And my bones waste away.
11. I am a reproach among all my enemies,But especially among my neighbors,And am repulsive to my acquaintances;Those who see me outside flee from me.
12. I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;I am like a broken vessel.
13. For I hear the slander of many;Fear is on every side;While they take counsel together against me,They scheme to take away my life.
14. But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;I say, “You are my God.”
15. My times are in Your hand;Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,And from those who persecute me.
16. Make Your face shine upon Your servant;Save me for Your mercies’ sake.
17. Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You;Let the wicked be ashamed;Let them be silent in the grave.
18. Let the lying lips be put to silence,Which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.