16. (17) Hear me, Hashem, for Thy chesed is tov; turn unto me according to the multitude of Thy rachamim;
17. (18) And hide not Thy face from Thy eved; for I am in tzoros. Hear me speedily.
18. (19) Draw near unto my nefesh, and make the go'el redemption of it; deliver me because of mine oyevim (enemies).
19. (20) Thou hast known the cherpah (scorn) I bear, and my shame, and my dishonor; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
20. (21) Reproach hath broken my lev; and I have sickness as unto death; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for menachamim (comforters), but I found none.
21. (22) They gave me also gall in my food; and in my tzamah (thirst) they gave me chometz (vinegar) to drink [See Mt.27:34,48; Mk.15:23,36; Lk.23:36 Yn.19:28-30 OJBC].
22. (23) Let their shulchan become a pach (snare, trap) before them; and that which should have been for their shlomim (peacefulnesses), let it become a mokesh (trap).
23. (24) Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins shake tamid.
24. (25) Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let Thy charon af (burning wrath) overtake them.
25. (26) Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their ohalim [See Ac 1:20 OJBC].
26. (27) For they persecute him whom Thou hast struck; and they tell of the makh'ov (pain, grief) of those whom Thou hast wounded.
27. (28) Add avon (iniquity) unto their avon; and let them not come into Thy tzedakah.
28. (29) Let them be blotted out of the Sefer Chayyim, and not be recorded with the tzaddikim.