9. I have become an outcast to my kindred,a stranger to my mother’s children.
10. Because zeal for your house has consumed me,I am scorned by those who scorn you.
11. When I humbled my spirit with fasting,this led only to scorn.
12. When I clothed myself in sackcloth;I became a byword for them.
13. Those who sit in the gate gossip about me;drunkards make me the butt of songs.
14. But I will pray to you, Lord,at a favorable time.God, in your abundant kindness, answer mewith your sure deliverance.
15. Rescue me from the mire,and do not let me sink.Rescue me from those who hate meand from the watery depths.
16. Do not let the flood waters overwhelm me,nor the deep swallow me,nor the pit close its mouth over me.
17. Answer me, Lord, in your generous love;in your great mercy turn to me.
18. Do not hide your face from your servant;hasten to answer me, for I am in distress.
19. Come and redeem my life;because of my enemies ransom me.
20. You know my reproach, my shame, my disgrace;before you stand all my foes.