14. But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing,like the mute, I do not open my mouth,
15. I am even like someone who does not hear,who has no answer ready.
16. Lord, it is for you that I wait;O Lord, my God, you respond.
17. For I have said that they would gloat over me,exult over me if I stumble.
18. I am very near to falling;my wounds are with me always.