Psalms 37:5-16

⁵For my transgressions have gone over my head: They have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.

⁶My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

⁷I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.

⁸For my soul is filled with mockings; And there is no health in my flesh.

⁹I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.

¹⁰But all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hidden from thee.

¹¹My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; And the light of mine eyes is not with me.

¹²My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still; And my nearest of kin stood afar off.

¹³While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: And they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, And devised deceits all the day.

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.