19. All my intimate friends loathe me, and those whom I love have turned against me.
20. My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21. Show favour to me, show favour to me, O you my friends, for the hand of Eloah has struck me!
22. Why do you persecute me like Ěl does, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23. Oh, that my words were written down! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book,
24. engraved on a rock with an iron pen and lead, forever!
25. For I know that my Redeemer lives, and as the Last shall rise over the dust;
26. and after my skin has been struck off, then in my flesh I shall see Eloah,
27. whom I myself shall see on my side, and not a stranger. My kidneys have failed within me!
28. If you say, ‘Why do we persecute him?’ Seeing the root of the matter has been found in me,
29. fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, so that you know there is a judgment.”