3. I weary with my crying am,my throat is also dry'd;Mine eyes do fail, while for my GodI waiting do abide.
4. Those men that do without a causebear hatred unto me,Than are the hairs upon my headin number more they be:They that would me destroy, and aremine en'mies wrongfully,Are mighty: so what I took not,to render forc'd was I.
5. Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sinsnot cover'd are from thee.
6. Let none that wait on thee be sham'd,Lord God of hosts, for me.O Lord, the God of Israel,let none, who search do make,And seek thee, be at any timeconfounded for my sake.
7. For I have borne reproach for thee,my face is hid with shame.
8. To brethren strange, to mother's sonsan alien I became.
9. Because the zeal did eat me up,which to thine house I bear;And the reproaches cast at thee,upon me fallen are.
10. My tears and fasts, t' afflict my soul,were turned to my shame.
11. When sackcloth I did wear, to thema proverb I became.
12. The men that in the gate do sitagainst me evil spake;They also that vile drunkards wereof me their song did make.
13. But, in an acceptable time,my pray'r, Lord, is to thee:In truth of thy salvation, Lord,and mercy great, hear me.
14. Deliver me out of the mire,from sinking do me keep;Free me from those that do me hate,and from the waters deep.
15. Let not the flood on me prevail,whose water overflows;Nor deep me swallow, nor the pither mouth upon me close.
16. Hear me, O Lord, because thy loveand kindness is most good;Turn unto me, according tothy mercies' multitude.
17. Nor from thy servant hide thy face:I'm troubled, soon attend.
18. Draw near my soul, and it redeem;me from my foes defend.
19. To thee is my reproach well known,my shame, and my disgrace:Those that mine adversaries beare all before thy face.
20. Reproach hath broke my heart; I'm fullof grief: I look'd for oneTo pity me, but none I found;comforters found I none.
21. They also bitter gall did giveunto me for my meat:They gave me vinegar to drink,when as my thirst was great.