Psalms 38:9-14

⁹O Lord! thou knowest all my desire, And my groaning is not hidden from thee!

¹⁰My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; The very light of my eyes is gone from me.

¹¹My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:

¹²While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit all the day long.

¹³But I, like a deaf man, hear not; And, like a dumb man, open not my mouth.

¹⁴I am like one who heareth nothing, And in whose mouth is no reply.