15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf meor the depths swallow me upor the pit close its mouth over me.
16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;in your great mercy turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face from your servant;answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
18 Come near and rescue me;deliver me because of my foes.
19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heartand has left me helpless;I looked for sympathy, but there was none,for comforters, but I found none.
21 They put gall in my foodand gave me vinegar for my thirst.