12. Those who want me dead lay traps;those who want me harmed utter threats,muttering lies all day long.
13. But I’m like someone who is deaf,who can’t hear;like someone who can’t speak,whose mouth won’t open.
14. I’ve become like a personwho doesn’t hear what is being said,whose mouth has no good comeback.
15. But I wait for you, Lord!You will answer, my Lord, my God!
16. Because I prayed:"Don’t let them celebrate over meor exalt themselves over me when my foot slips,"
17. because I’m very close to falling,and my pain is always with me.