9 My Lord, you heard my groaning. You can hear my sighs.
10 My heart is pounding. My strength is gone, and I am going blind.
11 Because of my sickness, my friends and neighbors will not visit me; my family will not come near me.
12 My enemies say bad things about me. They are spreading lies and rumors. They talk about me all the time.
13 But I am like a deaf man and cannot hear. I am like someone who cannot speak.
14 I am like those who cannot hear what people are saying about them. I cannot answer to prove my enemies wrong.
15 Lord, you must defend me. Lord my God, you must speak for me.