Psalms 40:11-14

¹¹So do not restrain, Lord, your pity from us. Your love and your faithfulness — ever may they be our shield.

¹²For evils that cannot be numbered have compassed me round. My transgressions have followed me up — I can bear it no more. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has forsaken me.

¹³O Lord, be pleased to deliver me, haste to my help, O Lord.

¹⁴May those who are seeking my life be ashamed and confounded together; may those who delight in my hurt be defeated and brought to dishonour.