16. Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
17. Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
18. Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.
19. You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
20. Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
21. They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
22. May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.
23. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
24. Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.