¹² Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(A)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(B)
    all day long they scheme and lie.^(C)

⁷ Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.^(A)

³ Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
⁴ We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.

⁴ “I have become a laughingstock^(A) to my friends,^(B)
    though I called on God and he answered^(C)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(D)

¹³ “He has alienated my family^(A) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.^(B)

⁷ He has walled me in so I cannot escape;^(A)
    he has weighed me down with chains.^(B)