Psalms 38:11-16

¹¹My dear ones and friends keep aloof, and my neighbours stand afar off.

¹²They who aim at my life lay their snares, they who seek my hurt speak of ruin, nursing treachery all the day long.

¹³But I turn a deaf ear and hear not; like the dumb I open not my mouth.

¹⁴I am like one without hearing, with no arguments in my mouth.

¹⁵For my hope, O Lord, is in you. You will answer, O Lord my God,

¹⁶when I utter the hope that those who made scorn of my tottering feet may not rejoice over me.