5. O God, You know my folly,and my sins are not hidden from You.
6. May those who wait on You,O Lord God of Hosts,not be ashamed because of me;may those who seek Younot be humiliated because of me,O God of Israel.
7. Because for Your sake I have endured insult;humiliation has covered my face.
8. I have become estranged to my relatives,and a foreigner to my mother’s children;
9. for the zeal of Your house has consumedme,and the insults of those who insulted You fell on me.
10. When I wept with fasting for my soul,it became an insult to me.
11. I also made sackcloth my garment,and I became a byword to them.
12. Those who sit in the gate speak against me,and I am the song of the drunkards.
13. But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord;in an acceptable time, O God,in the abundance of Your mercy,answer me in the truth of Your salvation.
14. Deliver me out of the mirethat I may not sink;may I be delivered from those who hateme,and out of the watery depths.
15. May the stream not overflow me;neither may the deep swallow me up,nor the pit close its mouth on me.
16. Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;turn Your face to me according to the abundance of Your tender mercies.