2. I sink in deep mire,Where there is no standing;I have come into deep waters,Where the floods overflow me.
3. I am weary with my crying;My throat is dry;My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4. Those who hate me without a causeAre more than the hairs of my head;They are mighty who would destroy me,Being my enemies wrongfully;Though I have stolen nothing,I still must restore it.
5. O God, You know my foolishness;And my sins are not hidden from You.
6. Let not those who wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
7. Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;Shame has covered my face.
8. I have become a stranger to my brothers,And an alien to my mother’s children;
9. Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10. When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,That became my reproach.
11. I also made sackcloth my garment;I became a byword to them.
12. Those who sit in the gate speak against me,And I am the song of the drunkards.
13. But as for me, my prayer is to You,O Lord, in the acceptable time;O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.