9 Everything I long for is laid out before you, my Lord;my sighs aren’t hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds; my strength abandons me.Even the light of my eyes is gone.
11 My loved ones and friends keep their distancefrom me in my sickness;those who were near me now stay far away.
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!