⁴ I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor,
I who called upon God, and he answered:
The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

4 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness;
Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress:
^[a]Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

⁶ I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:
Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

⁶ In my distress I called upon Jehovah,
And cried unto my God:
He heard my voice out of his temple,
And my cry before him came into his ears.