6. Because of the sound of my groaning, my bones cling to my flesh.
7. I am like a pelican of the desert, like an owl of the waste places.
8. I lie awake, like a lonely bird on a roof.
9. My enemies taunt me all day. My deriders use my name to curse.
10. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears—
11. because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and tossed me aside.
12. My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.