12. (13) They that sit [as judges] in the sha'ar (gate) speak against me; and I was the neginot (drinking songs) of the drunkards.
13. (14) But as for me, may my tefillah be unto Thee, Hashem, in an et ratzon (acceptable time, time of favor); O Elohim, in the multitude of Thy chesed hear me, in the emes of Thy salvation.
14. (15) Save me out of the teet (mire, clay, soil) and let me not sink; let me be saved from them that hate me, and out of the depths of the mayim.
15. (16) Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the be'er (pit) shut her mouth upon me.
16. (17) Hear me, Hashem, for Thy chesed is tov; turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy rachamim;
17. (18) And hide not Thy face from Thy eved; for I am in tzoros. Hear me speedily.
18. (19) Draw near unto my nefesh, and make the go'el redemption of it; deliver me because of mine oyevim (enemies).
19. (20) Thou hast known the cherpah (scorn) I bear, and my shame, and my dishonor; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
20. (21) Reproach hath broken my lev; and I have sickness as unto death; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for menachamim (comforters), but I found none.
21. (22) They gave me also gall in my food; and in my tzamah (thirst) they gave me chometz (vinegar) to drink [See Mt.27:34,48; Mk.15:23,36; Lk.23:36 Yn.19:28-30 OJBC].
22. (23) Let their shulchan become a pach (snare, trap) before them; and that which should have been for their shlomim (peacefulnesses), let it become a mokesh (trap).
23. (24) Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins shake tamid.
24. (25) Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let Thy charon af (burning wrath) overtake them.
25. (26) Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their ohalim [See Ac 1:20 OJBC].
26. (27) For they persecute him whom Thou hast struck; and they tell of the makh'ov (pain, grief) of those whom Thou hast wounded.