8. My loins burn with fever;there is no wholesomeness in my flesh.
9. I am numb and utterly crushed;I wail with anguish of heart.
10. My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you;my groaning is not hidden from you.
11. My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me;the very light of my eyes has failed.
12. Friends and companions shun my disease;my neighbors stand far off.
13. Those who seek my life lay snares for me;they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin;they plot treachery every day.
14. But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing,like the mute, I do not open my mouth,
15. I am even like someone who does not hear,who has no answer ready.
16. Lord, it is for you that I wait;O Lord, my God, you respond.
17. For I have said that they would gloat over me,exult over me if I stumble.
18. I am very near to falling;my wounds are with me always.