3. "These ten times you have insulted me; You are not ashamed to wrong me.
4. "Even if I have truly erred, My error lodges with me.
5. "If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me,
6. Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me.
7. "Behold, I cry, 'Violence!' but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice.
8. "He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths.
9. "He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head.
10. "He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
11. "He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy.
12. "His troops come together, And build up their way against me And camp around my tent.
13. "He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14. "My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
15. "Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in their sight.
16. "I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my mouth.
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.