15. Let not the violent force of the waters overcome me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is perceptible, look upon me according to the multitude of thy acts of compassion
17. And hide not thy face from thy slave, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.
18. Draw near unto my soul and redeem it; deliver me because of my enemies.
19. Thou hast known my reproach and my shame and my dishonour; my adversaries are all before thee.
20. Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness, and I looked for some to take pity, but there was no one, and for comforters, but I found none.
21. They also gave me gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22. Let their table become a snare before them, and that which should have been for their prosperity, let it become a stumbling block.
23. Let their eyes be darkened that they see not and make their loins continually to shake.