5. If a man denounces his friends for personal gain,the eyes of his children will fail.
6. He has made me a byword to people,I am the one in whose face they spit.
7. My eyes have grown dim with grief;my whole frame is but a shadow.
8. Upright men are appalled at this;the innocent man is troubled with the godless.
9. But the righteous man holds to his way,and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
10. “But turn, all of you, and come now!I will not find a wise man among you.
11. My days have passed, my plans are shattered,even the desires of my heart.