⁹ “And now those young men mock me^(A) in song;^(B)
    I have become a byword^(C) among them.
¹⁰ They detest me^(D) and keep their distance;
    they do not hesitate to spit in my face.^(E)

⁶ But I am a worm^(A) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,^(B) despised^(C) by the people.
⁷ All who see me mock me;^(D)
    they hurl insults,^(E) shaking their heads.^(F)
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.^(G)
Let him deliver him,^(H)
    since he delights^(I) in him.”

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(A)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(B)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(C)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(D)