7. If I cry "Violence!" I’m not answered;I shout—but there is no justice.
8. He walled up my path so I can’t passand put darkness on my trail,
9. stripped my honor from me,removed the crown from my head,
10. tore me down completely so that I’ll die, and uprooted my hope like a tree.
11. His anger burns against me;he considers me his enemy.
12. His troops come as oneand construct their siege ramp against me;they camp around my tent.
13. He has distanced my family from me;my acquaintances are also alienated from me.
14. My visitors have ceased;those who know me have forgotten me.
15. My guests and female servants think me a stranger;I’m a foreigner in their sight.
16. I call my servant, and he doesn’t answer;I myself must beg him.
17. My breath stinks to my wife;I am odious to my children.
18. Even the young despise me;I get up, and they rail against me.
19. All my closest friends despise me;the ones I have loved turn against me.
20. My bones cling to my skin and flesh;I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.