4. And they chewed grass and the bark from trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
5. They took these things from the steep valleys, and when they discovered one of these things, they rushed to the others with a cry.
6. They lived in the parched desert and in caves underground or above the rocks.
7. They rejoiced among these kinds of things, and they considered it delightful to be under thorns.
8. These are the sons of foolish and base men, not even paying any attention to the land.
9. Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.
10. They loathe me, and so they flee far from me, and they are not reluctant to spit in my face.
11. For he has opened his quiver and has afflicted me, and he has placed a bridle in my mouth.
12. Immediately, upon rising, my calamities rise up to the right. They have overturned my feet and have pressed me down along their way like waves.
13. They have diverted my journeys; they have waited to ambush me, and they have prevailed, and there was no one who might bring help.
14. They have rushed upon me, as when a wall is broken or a gate opened, and they have been pulled down into my miseries.
15. I have been reduced to nothing. You have taken away my desire like a wind, and my health has passed by like a cloud.