I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(A)
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(F) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(G)

13 But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;(H)
in your great love,(I) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.

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