4 I said, “O Lord, have pity on me!Heal my soul because I have sinned against you.”
5 My enemies say terrible things about me:“When will he die, and when will his family name disappear?”
6 When one of them comes to visit me, he speaks foolishly.His heart collects gossip.⌊Then⌋ he leaves to tell others.
7 Everyone who hates me whispers about me.They think evil things about me and say,
8 “A devilish disease has attached itself to him.He will never leave his sickbed.”
9 Even my closest friend whom I trusted,the one who ate my bread,has lifted his heel against me.
10 Have pity on me, O Lord!Raise me up so that I can pay them back