17. "My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18. "Even young children despise me; I rise up and they speak against me.
19. "All my associates abhor me, And those I love have turned against me.
20. "My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21. "Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.
22. "Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23. "Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24. "That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever!
25. "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.