7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;

Shame hath covered my face.

8I am become a stranger unto my brethren,

And an alien unto my mother’s children.

9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up;

And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,

That was to my reproach.

11When I made sackcloth my clothing,

I became a byword unto them.

12They that sit in the gate talk of me;

And I am the song of the drunkards.

13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time:

O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness,

Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14Deliver 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.

15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,

Neither let the deep swallow me up;

And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good:

According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

17And hide not thy face from thy servant;

For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:

Ransom me because of mine enemies.

19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor:

Mine adversaries are all before thee.

20Reproach 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.