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.
16. And now my nefesh ebbs away from me; the yemei oni have taken hold upon me.
17. My atzmot are pierced in me in the night, and my gnawing pains take no rest.
18. By great koach is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about like the collar of my kuttonet (chiton, robe).
19. He hath cast me into the chomer, and I am become like aphar and ashes.