8. He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.
9. He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10. He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope has he removed like a tree.
11. He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me unto him as one of his enemies.
12. His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
13. He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
14. My kinsfolk have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me.
15. They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants, count me as a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.
17. My breath is repulsive to my wife, though I make supplication for the children of my own body.
18. Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.
19. All my close friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved have turned against me.
20. My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.
22. Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23. Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!