6. To dwell in the clefts of the wadis, in holes of aphar, and in the rocks.
7. Among the bushes they brayed; tachat (under) the underbrush they were huddled together.
8. They were bnei naval, yea, sons of base men; they were driven forth out of ha'aretz.
9. And atah (now) am I their mocking song, yea, I am their byword.
10. They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not rok (spit) in my face [Mt 26:67].
11. Because He hath loosed my bowstring, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the resen (bridle) before me.
12. Upon my yamin (right hand) rise up the rabble; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13. They break up my road, they set forward my overthrow, they have no ozer (helper).
14. They approach me as through a wide breach; in the shoah (desolation, Holocaust), they rolled themselves upon me.
15. Ballahot (terrors) are turned upon me; they pursue my dignity like the ruach, and my safety passeth away like a cloud.