4. If I have sinned,it is my worry alone.
5. Maybe you want to make yourselves look better than I doso you can blame me for my suffering.
6. Then know that God has wronged me.He has pulled his net around me.
7. “I shout, ‘I have been wronged!’But I get no answer.I call loudly for help,but I receive no justice.
8. God has blocked my way so I cannot pass.He has covered my paths with darkness.
9. He has taken away my honor.He has removed the crown from my head.
10. He beats me down on every side until I am gone.He pulls up my hope as a tree is pulled up by its roots.
11. His anger burns against me.And he treats me as one of his enemies.
12. His armies gather.They prepare a way to attack me.They camp around my tent.
13. “God has made my brothers my enemies.My friends have become complete strangers.
14. My relatives have gone away.My friends have forgotten me.
15. My guests and my women servants think of me as a stranger.They look at me as if I were a foreigner.
16. I call for my servant, but he does not answer.I even beg him with my own mouth.
17. My wife hates my breath.My own family hates me.
18. Even the little boys hate me.When I leave, they talk about me.