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.
14. Deliver me out of the mire,And let me not sink;Let me be delivered from those who hate me,And out of the deep waters.
15. Let not the floodwater overflow me,Nor let the deep swallow me up;And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
16. Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
17. And do not hide Your face from Your servant,For I am in trouble;Hear me speedily.
18. Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;Deliver me because of my enemies.
19. You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;My adversaries are all before You.
20. Reproach has broken my heart,And I am full of heaviness;I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;And for comforters, but I found none.
21. They also gave me gall for my food,And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22. Let their table become a snare before them,And their well-being a trap.
23. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;And make their loins shake continually.