8. You have not handed me over to my enemiesbut have set me in a safe place.
9. Have mercy on me, lord, for I am in distress.Tears blur my eyes.My body and soul are withering away.
10. I am dying from grief;my years are shortened by sadness.Sin has drained my strength;I am wasting away from within.
11. I am scorned by all my enemiesand despised by my neighbors—even my friends are afraid to come near me.When they see me on the street,they run the other way.