9. He hath stripped me of my kavod, and taken the ateret from my rosh.
10. He breaks me down on every side till I am gone, and mine tikveh hath He uprooted like an etz.
11. He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as His tzar (enemy).
12. His forces come together, and raise up their seige ramp against me, and encamp around my ohel.
13. He hath put achai (my brethren) far from me, and mine acquaintances are verily estranged from me.
14. My kerov (near and dear) have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15. They that dwell in mine bais, and my maidservants, count me for a zar; I am a nokhri in their sight.
16. I summoned avdi, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.
17. My ruach is repulsive to my isha, loathsome to bnei beten of mine.
18. Even avilim (little children) treat me with contempt; I appear, and they ridicule me.
19. All my metei sod (confidants) detest me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20. My etzem cleaveth to my ohr (skin) and to my basar, and I am escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21. Chanuni, chanuni, O ye my friends; for the yad Eloah hath touched me.
22. Why do ye persecute me like El, not satisfied with my basar?
23. Oh that my words were but written! O that they were recorded in a sefer!
24. That they were engraved with a pen of barzel and with oferet (lead) in the tzur forever!
25. For Ani yadati Goeli chai (I know that my Redeemer liveth), and that he shall stand up at Acharon (at the Last) upon aphar (dust, the earth);