18. He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
19. Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
20. This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.
21. But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
22. for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
23. I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
24. My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
25. I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.