Psalms 37:7-23

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.

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.

¹⁹For I will declare mine iniquity, And be distressed for my sin.

²⁰But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: And they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.

²¹They that reward evil for good slandered me; Because I followed righteousness.

²²Forsake me not, O Lord my God: Depart not from me.

²³Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.