^13 (A)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
^14 (B)You make us a byword among the nations,
^(C)A shaking of the head among the peoples.
¹⁵ My dishonor is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,
¹⁶ Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
^(D)Because of the enemy and the avenger.

² O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid;
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.

⁶¹ You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me,

¹⁹ Remember my affliction and roaming,
^(A)The wormwood and the ^[a]gall.

¹⁵ All who ^[a]pass by ^(A)clap their hands at you;
They hiss ^(B)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that is called
^(C)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”

¹⁵ O Lord, ^(A)You know;
Remember me and ^[a]visit me,
And ^(B)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that ^(C)for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.

³ Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.