12. His troops advance together; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
13. “He removed my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are only strangers to me.
14. My relatives have gone away and my close friends have forgotten me.
15. My houseguests and my maidservants consider me a stranger. I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
16. I call my servant but he does not reply though I beg him with my own mouth.
17. My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my children.
18. Even young children despise me; when I stand, they speak against me.
19. All my close friends despise me; those I love have turned against me.
20. My bones cling to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.