12. The people who seek my life strike at me;those who seek my harm speak destruction,and plan treacheries all the day long.
13. But I, like a deaf man, did not hear;and like a dumb man, did not open my mouth.
14. Thus I was as a man who does not hear,and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15. For in You, O Lord, do I hope;You will answer, O Lord my God.
16. For I said, “Lest otherwise they should rejoice over me.When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.”
17. For I am ready to stumble,and my pain is continually before me.
18. For I will declare my iniquity;I am anxious because of my sin.