1. “My spirit is crushed,and my life is nearly snuffed out.The grave is ready to receive me.
2. I am surrounded by mockers.I watch how bitterly they taunt me.
3. “You must defend my innocence, O God,since no one else will stand up for me.
4. You have closed their minds to understanding,but do not let them triumph.
5. They betray their friends for their own advantage,so let their children faint with hunger.
6. “God has made a mockery of me among the people;they spit in my face.
7. My eyes are swollen with weeping,and I am but a shadow of my former self.