7. “If I cry out, ‘Violence!’I receive no answer;I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass,and has set darkness over my paths.
9. He has stripped me of my honorand has taken the crown off my head.
10. He tears me down on every side until I perish;he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.
11. Thus his anger burns against me,and he considers me among his enemies.
12. His troops advance together;they throw up a siege ramp against me,and they camp around my tent.
13. “He has put my relatives far from me;my acquaintances only turn away from me.
14. My kinsmen have failed me;my friends have forgotten me.