23. I am fading like a shadow at dusk;I am brushed off like a locust.
24. My knees are weak from fasting,and I am skin and bones.
25. I am a joke to people everywhere;when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
26. Help me, O lord my God!Save me because of your unfailing love.
27. Let them see that this is your doing,that you yourself have done it, lord.
28. Then let them curse me if they like,but you will bless me!When they attack me, they will be disgraced!But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!
29. May my accusers be clothed with disgrace;may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.
30. But I will give repeated thanks to the lord,praising him to everyone.
31. For he stands beside the needy,ready to save them from those who condemn them.