^{7 Ref} Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

^{8 Ref} I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

^{9 Ref} For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

^{10 Ref} When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

^{11 Ref} I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

^{12 Ref} They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.