12. Because of all my adversaries I am the contempt of my neighbors and a dread to my acquaintances. Seeing me on the street, they flee from me.
13. I am as forgotten as a dead man. I have become like a broken vessel.
14. For I have heard the whispering of many. There is terror on every side as they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
15. But I have trusted in You, Adonai. I said: “You are my God.”
16. My times are in Your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my foes and from those who pursue me.
17. Make Your face shine on Your servant. Save me in Your lovingkindness.
18. Adonai, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon You. Let the wicked be ashamed— let them be silent in Sheol.
19. Let the lying lips be mute. For they speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.
20. How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who fear You, which You have given to those who take refuge in You, before the children of men.
21. In the shelter of Your presence You hide them from people’s plots. You conceal them in a sukkah from the strife of tongues.
22. Blessed be Adonai, for He has shown me His wonderful love in a besieged city.
23. I said in my alarm, “I have been cut off from Your sight!” But You heard the sound of my pleas when I cried out to You.
24. Love Adonai, all His kedoshim! Adonai preserves all the faithful, but the proud He pays back in full.
25. Chazak! Let your heart take courage, all you who wait for Adonai.