10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me;even the light has gone from my eyes.
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;my neighbours stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,those who would harm me talk of my ruin;all day long they scheme and lie.
13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait for you;you will answer, Lord my God.
16 For I said, ‘Do not let them gloator exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.’