Psalms 38:7-15

⁷For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

⁸I have been feeble and smitten — unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

⁹Lord, before Thee is all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.

¹⁰My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

¹¹My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

¹²And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

¹³And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

¹⁴Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.