18. Young children can't stand me,and when I come near,they make fun.
19. My best friends and loved oneshave turned from me.
20. I am skin and bones—just barely alive.
21. My friends, I beg you for pity!God has made me his target.
22. Hasn't he already done enough?Why do you join the attack?
23. I wish that my wordscould be written down
24. or chiselled into rock.
25. I know that my Saviour lives,and at the endhe will stand on this earth.
26. My flesh may be destroyed,yet from this bodyI will see God.
27. Yes, I will see him for myself,and I long for that moment.
28. My friends, you think up waysto blame and torment me, sayingI brought it on myself.