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.
15. My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger;I am a foreigner in their eyes.
16. I summon my servant, but he does not respond,even though I implore him with my own mouth.
17. My breath is repulsive to my wife;I am loathsome to my brothers.
18. Even youngsters have scorned me;when I get up, they scoff at me.
19. All my closest friends detest me;and those whom I love have turned against me.