9. I love you more than I can say.Because I’m madly in love with you,They blame me for everything they dislike about you.
10. When I poured myself out in prayer and fasting,All it got me was more contempt.
11. When I put on a sad face,They treated me like a clown.
12. Now drunks and gluttonsMake up drinking songs about me.
13. And me? I pray.God, it’s time for a break!God, answer in love!Answer with your sure salvation!
14. Rescue me from the swamp,Don’t let me go under for good,Pull me out of the clutch of the enemy;This whirlpool is sucking me down.
15. Don’t let the swamp be my grave, the Black HoleSwallow me, its jaws clenched around me.
16. Now answer me, God, because you love me;Let me see your great mercy full-face.
17. Don’t look the other way; your servant can’t take it.I’m in trouble. Answer right now!
18. Come close, God; get me out of here.Rescue me from this deathtrap.