Psalms 38:9-17

⁹(38:10) Lord, before thee is all my longing; and my sighing is from thee not hidden.

¹⁰(38:11) My heart is restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes—that also is no more with me.

¹¹(38:12) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹²(38:13) They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.

¹³(38:14) But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that cannot open his mouth.

¹⁴(38:15) Thus am I as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no words of defence.

¹⁵(38:16) For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

¹⁶(38:17) For I said, Perhaps they might rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they might magnify themselves over me.

¹⁷(38:18) For I am prepared for my downfall, and my pain is continually before me.