6Through me let not any be shamed, who wait for you, Lord God of hosts. Through me let not those be confounded who seek you, O God of Israel.
7It's in your cause that I have borne taunts, and my face has been covered with shame;
8I became to my kindred a foreigner, to my mother's sons a stranger.
9It was zeal for your house that consumed me, and the insults they hurled at you fell upon me.
10When I chastened myself with fasting, they took occasion to taunt me.
11When I put on a garment of sackcloth, they made me the theme of a taunt-song.
12Those who sit in the gate make sport of me in the music of drunken songs.
13But I pray to you, Lord, for a time of favor. In your great love answer me; with your loyal help, save me