Psalms 38:11-20

¹¹My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹²They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And imagine deceits all the day long.

¹³But I, as a deaf man, heard not; And I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

¹⁴Thus I was as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

¹⁶For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

¹⁷For I am ready to halt, And my sorrow is continually before me.

¹⁸For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

¹⁹But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

²⁰They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; Because I follow the thing that good is.