10. When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them.
12. They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.
13. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15. Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16. Answer me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
17. And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.
18. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: ransom me because of mine enemies.
19. Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22. Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
23. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.