Psalm 38:9-14

Good News Translation

⁹ O Lord, you know what I long for;
    you hear all my groans.
¹⁰ My heart is pounding, my strength is gone,
    and my eyes have lost their brightness.
¹¹ My friends and neighbors will not come near me,
    because of my sores;
    even my family keeps away from me.
¹² Those who want to kill me lay traps for me,
    and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me;
    they never stop plotting against me.

¹³ I am like the deaf and cannot hear,
    like the dumb and cannot speak.
¹⁴ I am like those who do not answer,
    because they cannot hear.