14. My relatives have gone away and my close friends have forgotten me.
15. My houseguests and my maidservants consider me a stranger. I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
16. I call my servant but he does not reply though I beg him with my own mouth.
17. My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my children.
18. Even young children despise me; when I stand, they speak against me.
19. All my close friends despise me; those I love have turned against me.
20. My bones cling to my skin and my flesh; 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.
22. Why do you pursue me—like God? Are you not satisfied with my flesh?