9. All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10. My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
11. My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
12. Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.
13. I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;
14. I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
15. Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
16. For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
17. For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18. I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19. Many have become my enemies without cause ; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20. Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.
21. Lord, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.