Psalms 37:14-18

¹⁴But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.

¹⁵And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.

¹⁶For I hoped in thee, O Lord: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

¹⁷For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.

¹⁸For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me.