9. O Lord, all my longing is before you;my sighing is not hidden from you.
10. My heart throbs; my strength fails me,and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11. My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague,and my nearest kin stand far off.
12. Those who seek my life lay their snares;those who seek my hurt speak of ruinand meditate treachery all day long.
13. But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14. I have become like a man who does not hear,and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15. But for you, O Lord, do I wait;it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16. For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me,who boast against me when my foot slips!”
17. For I am ready to fall,and my pain is ever before me.
18. I confess my iniquity;I am sorry for my sin.
19. But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,and many are those who hate me wrongfully.