⁸ I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;^(A)
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,^(B)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(C)
10 When I weep and fast,^(D)
    I must endure scorn;
¹¹ when I put on sackcloth,^(E)
    people make sport of me.

¹² Those who sit at the gate^(A) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.^(B)

¹³ But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;^(C)
in your great love,^(D) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
¹⁴ Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.^(E)
15 Do not let the floodwaters^(F) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up^(G)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.^(H)

¹⁶ Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;^(I)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
¹⁷ Do not hide your face^(J) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,^(K) for I am in trouble.^(L)

¹⁸ Come near and rescue me;
    deliver^(A) me because of my foes.

¹⁹ You know how I am scorned,^(B) 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,^(C) but I found none.^(D)