4. I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.
5. Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take.
6. O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you.
7. Let those who wait for you, O Lord, the Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me. Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, not be confounded over me.
8. For because of you, I have endured reproach; confusion has covered my face.
9. I have become a stranger to my brothers and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.
10. For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.
11. And I covered my soul with fasting, and it has become a reproach to me.
12. And I put on a haircloth as my garment, and I became a parable to them.
13. Those who sat at the gate spoke against me, and those who drank wine made me their song.
14. But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. This time has pleased you well, O God. In the multitude of your mercy, in the truth of your salvation, hear me.
15. Rescue me from the quagmire, so that I may not become trapped. Free me from those who hate me and from deep waters.
16. Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me.
17. Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.
18. And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.
19. Attend to my soul, and free it. Rescue me, because of my enemies.