12. His troops advance in force;they build a siege ramp against meand encamp around my tent.
13. ‘He has alienated my family from me;my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14. My relatives have gone away;my closest friends have forgotten me.
15. My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner;they look upon me as a stranger.
16. I summon my servant, but he does not answer,though I beg him with my own mouth.
17. My breath is offensive to my wife;I am loathsome to my own family.
18. Even the little boys scorn me;when I appear, they ridicule me.
19. All my intimate friends detest me;those I love have turned against me.
20. I am nothing but skin and bones;I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21. ‘Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,for the hand of God has struck me.