11. My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
12. Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all day long.
13. But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14. Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.
15. For I hope in You, O Lord; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16. For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me."
17. For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
18. For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.