¹⁶ Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
¹⁷ And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.
¹⁸ Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.

¹⁹ You know ^(A)my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.
²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of ^[a]heaviness;
^(B)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for ^(C)comforters, but I found none.
²¹ They also gave me gall for my food,
^(D)And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.