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.
14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15. Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
16. Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
17. And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
18. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
19. Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
21. They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.