4. Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty.I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
5. God, you know my foolishness.My sins aren’t hidden from you.
6. Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Hosts.Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
7. Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.Shame has covered my face.
8. I have become a stranger to my brothers,an alien to my mother’s children.
9. For the zeal of your house consumes me.The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10. When I wept and I fasted,that was to my reproach.
11. When I made sackcloth my clothing,I became a byword to them.
12. Those who sit in the gate talk about me.I am the song of the drunkards.
13. But as for me, my prayer is to you, Lord, in an acceptable time.God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
14. Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink.Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15. Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me,neither let the deep swallow me up.Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
16. Answer me, Lord, for your loving kindness is good.According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.