7. They brayed like animals among the bushesand were huddled together under the nettles.
8. Sons of senseless and nameless people,they were driven out of the land with whips.
9. “And now I have become their taunt song;I have become a byword among them.
10. They detest me and maintain their distance;they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11. Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me,people throw off all restraint in my presence.
12. On my right the young rabble rise up;they drive me from place to place,and build up siege ramps against me.
13. They destroy my path;they succeed in destroying mewithout anyone assisting them.
14. They come in as through a wide breach;amid the crash they come rolling in.
15. Terrors are turned loose on me;they drive away my honor like the wind,and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.
16. “And now my soul pours itself out within me;days of suffering take hold of me.
17. Night pierces my bones;my gnawing pains never cease.
18. With great power God grasps my clothing;he binds me like the collar of my tunic.
19. He has flung me into the mud,and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.
20. I cry out to you, but you do not answer me;I stand up, and you only look at me.
21. You have become cruel to me;with the strength of your hand you attack me.