But like a deaf man, I do not hear;
David makes himself like a deaf man who does not hear.
This verse begins his chosen refusal to answer hostile voices.
1A Psalm of David, for remembrance. 2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, 3There is no soundness in my body 4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; 5My wounds are foul and festering 6I am bent and brought low; 7For my loins are full of burning pain, 8I am numb and badly crushed; 9O Lord, my every desire is before You; 10My heart pounds, my strength fails, 11My beloved and friends shun my disease, 12Those who seek my life lay snares; 13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; 14I am like a man who cannot hear, 15I wait for You, O LORD; 16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me — 17For I am ready to fall, 18Yes, I confess my iniquity; 19Many are my enemies without cause, 20Those who repay my good with evil 21Do not forsake me, O LORD; 22Come quickly to help me,