12 Those who seek my life (A)lay their snares;
    those who seek my hurt (B)speak of ruin
    and meditate (C)treachery all day long.

13 But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
    like (D)a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 I have become like a man who does not hear,
    and in whose mouth are no (E)rebukes.

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12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(A)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(B)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(C)

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(D)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.

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