16. I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.
17. My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.
18. Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.
19. All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
20. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21. “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.