Psalms 38:11-14

¹¹My loved ones and my friends don't come near me because they're afraid of what I've got. Even my family keeps me at a distance.

¹²Those who are trying to kill me set traps for me; those who want to hurt me make threats against me, working on their deceitful schemes all day long.

¹³I act as if I'm deaf to what they're saying, and pretend to be dumb so I don't have to speak.

¹⁴Like a man who can't hear, and who doesn't reply—that's me!