5. If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and prove my humiliation against me,
6. then know that God has wronged me and encircled me with His net.
7. “Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has shrouded my path in darkness.
9. He has stripped me of my honor, and removed the crown from my head.
10. He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
11. His anger burns against me, and He considers me among His enemies.
12. His troops advance together; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
13. “He removed my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are only strangers to me.