3. They were thin from hungerand wandered the dry and ruined land at night.
4. They gathered desert plants among the brushand ate the root of the broom tree.
5. They were forced to live away from people;people shouted at them as if they were thieves.
6. They lived in dried up streambeds,in caves, and among the rocks.
7. They howled like animals among the bushesand huddled together in the brush.
8. They are worthless people without namesand were forced to leave the land.
9. “Now they make fun of me with songs;my name is 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 rise up like a mob.They lay traps for my feetand prepare to attack me.
13. They break up my roadand work to destroy me,and no one helps me.
14. They come at me as if through a hole in the wall,and they roll in among the ruins.
15. Great fears overwhelm me.They blow my honor away as if by a great wind,and my safety disappears like a cloud.