8. They were so foolish that no one respected them. They were driven out of the land.
9. "Now their children laugh at me. They make fun of me with their songs.
10. They hate me. They stay away from me. They even dare to spit in my face.
11. God has made my body weak. It's like a tent that has fallen down. So those children do what they want to in front of me.
12. Many people attack me on my right side. They lay traps for my feet. They come at me from every direction.
13. They tear up the road I walk on. They succeed in destroying me. They do it without any help.
14. They attack me like troops smashing through a wall. Among the destroyed buildings they come rolling in.
15. Terrors sweep over me. My honor is driven away as if by the wind. My safety vanishes like a cloud.
16. "Now my life is slipping away. Days of suffering grab hold of me.
17. At night my bones hurt. My gnawing pains never stop.
18. God's great power becomes like clothes to me. He chokes me like the neck of my shirt.
19. He throws me down into the mud. I'm nothing but dust and ashes.