Psalm 38:13-15

Easy-to-Read Version

¹³ But I am like a deaf man and cannot hear.
    I am like someone who cannot speak.
¹⁴ I am like those who cannot hear what people are saying about them.
    I cannot answer to prove my enemies wrong.
¹⁵ Lord, you must defend me.
    Lord my God, you must speak for me.