12. His troops advance.They build up roads to attack me.They camp all around my tent.
13. “My relatives stay far away,and my friends have turned against me.
14. My family is gone,and my close friends have forgotten me.
15. My servants and maids consider me a stranger.I am like a foreigner to them.
16. When I call my servant, he doesn’t come;I have to plead with him!
17. My breath is repulsive to my wife.I am rejected by my own family.
18. Even young children despise me.When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.