⁷ For I endure scorn^(A) for your sake,^(B)
    and shame covers my face.^(C)
8 I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;^(D)
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,^(E)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.^(F)
10 When I weep and fast,^(G)
    I must endure scorn;

¹⁶ Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;^(A)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
¹⁷ Do not hide your face^(B) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,^(C) for I am in trouble.^(D)
18 Come near and rescue me;
    deliver^(E) me because of my foes.