6. I have hated those who regard worthless vanity,but I trust in the Lord.
7. I will be glad and rejoice in Your lovingkindness,for You have seen my trouble;You have known my soul in adversities,
8. and have not delivered me up into the hand of the enemy;You have set my feet in a broad place.
9. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;my eye wastes away with grief,yes, my soul and my body.
10. For my life is spent with grief,and my years with sighing;my strength fails because of my iniquity,and my bones waste away.
11. I became a reproach among all my enemies,but especially among my neighbors,and a dread to my acquaintances;those who saw me outside fled fromme.
12. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind;I am like a broken vessel.
13. For I have heard the slander of many;fear was on every side;while they took counsel together againstme,they planned to take away my life.
14. But I trusted in You, O Lord;I said, “You are my God.”
15. My times are in Your hand;deliver me from the hand of my enemiesand my pursuers.
16. Make Your face to shine on Your servant;save me by Your lovingkindness.
17. Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord,for I have called on You;let the wicked be ashamed,and let them be silent in the grave.
18. Let the lying lips be put to silence,who speak arrogantlyin pride and contempt against the righteous.