7: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

8: I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

9: For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10: When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

11: I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

12: They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

13: But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

14: Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15: Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16: Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

17: And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

18: Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

19: Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.