1. “But now those who are younger than I am laugh at me.I didn’t think their fathers were fit to sit with the dogs of my flock.
2. Of what use to me was the strength of their hands?Their strength is gone.
3. Shriveled up from need and hunger,they gnaw at the dry and barren ground during the night.
4. They pick saltwort from the underbrush,and the roots of the broom plant are their food.
5. They are driven from the community.People shout at them in the same way they shout at thieves.
6. They have to live in dry riverbeds,in holes in the ground, and among rocks.
7. They howl in bushesand huddle together under thornbushes.
8. Godless fools and worthless peopleare forced out of the land with whips.
9. “And now they make fun of me with songs.I have become a joke to them.
10. Since they consider me disgusting, they keep their distance from meand don’t hesitate to spit in my face.
11. Because God has untied my cord and has made me suffer,they are no longer restrained in my presence.