4. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5. Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cling to my skin.
6. I am like a vulture of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8. My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that rail against me are sworn against me.
9. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,