My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
