12. "Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?
13. "Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me?
14. "For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.
15. "My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,
16. Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow melts.
17. "When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.