9All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;

my sighing is not hidden from you.

10My heart pounds, my strength fails me;

even the light has gone from my eyes.

11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;

my neighbors stay far away.

12Those who seek my life set their traps,

those who would harm me talk of my ruin;

all day long they plot deception.

13I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,

like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;

14I have become like a man who does not hear,

whose mouth can offer no reply.

15I wait for you, O Lord;

you will answer, O Lord my God.

16For I said, “Do not let them gloat

or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”

17For I am about to fall,

and my pain is ever with me.

18I confess my iniquity;

I am troubled by my sin.

19Many are those who are my vigorous enemies;

those who hate me without reason are numerous.

20Those who repay my good with evil

slander me when I pursue what is good.

21O Lord, do not forsake me;

be not far from me, O my God.

22Come quickly to help me,

O Lord my Savior.