Psalms 38:10-20

¹⁰Mine heart panteth: my strength faileth me, and the light of mine eyes, euen they are not mine owne.

¹¹My louers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my kinsmen stand a farre off.

¹²They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.

¹³But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.

¹⁴Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes.

¹⁵For on thee, O Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare me, my Lord, my God.

¹⁶For I said, Heare me, least they reioyce ouer me: for when my foote slippeth, they extol themselues against me.

¹⁷Surely I am ready to halte, and my sorow is euer before me.

¹⁸When I declare my paine, and am sory for my sinne,

¹⁹Then mine enemies are aliue and are mightie, and they that hate me wrongfully are many.

²⁰They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I follow goodnesse.