11 My heart pounds, my strength fails me. The light of my eyes—also, not with me.
12 My friends and my companions stay away from my wound, and my kinsmen stand far off.
13 They who seek my life set traps. Those who seek my hurt threaten destruction, uttering lies all day.
14 But I, like someone deaf, hear nothing, like a mute, not opening his mouth.
15 Yes, I am like one who cannot hear, whose mouth has no arguments.
16 But I wait for You, Adonai— You will answer, O Lord my God.
17 For I said: “Don’t let them gloat over me or exalt themselves over me, when my foot slips.”