9. “Now they make fun of me with songs.My name has become a joke among them.
10. They hate me and stay far away from me.But they do not mind spitting in my face.
11. God has taken away my strength and made me suffer.So they attack me with all their anger.
12. On my right side they attack me like a mob.They lay traps for my feet.They prepare to attack me.
13. They break up my road.They work to destroy mewithout anyone stopping them.
14. They go forward as if through a hole in the wall.They roll in among the ruins.
15. Great fears overwhelm me.They blow my honor away as if by a great wind.My safety disappears like a cloud.
16. “Now my life is almost over.My days are full of suffering.
17. At night my bones ache.Gnawing pains never stop.
18. In his great power God grabs hold of my clothing.He chokes me with the collar of my coat.
19. He throws me into the mud.And I become like dirt and ashes.
20. “I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer.I stand up, but you just look at me.
21. You turn on me without mercy.You attack me with your powerful hand.
22. You snatch me up and throw me into the wind.You toss me about in the storm.