16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;(A)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face(B) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,(C) for I am in trouble.(D)
18 Come near and rescue me;
    deliver(E) me because of my foes.

19 You know how I am scorned,(F) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(G) but I found none.(H)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(I) for my thirst.(J)

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