9 ^aBecause zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
^bAnd the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. ‡

10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.

12 Those who¹ sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the ^adrunkards. ‡

13 But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O Lord, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.