Psalms 31:9-17

⁹Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

¹⁰My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

¹¹Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

¹²I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

¹³False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

¹⁴But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

¹⁵The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

¹⁶Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

¹⁷Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.