4. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
5. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
6. Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
7. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
8. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.
9. For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
10. When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.
11. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
12. They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.
13. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.