12 Do I have the strength of rocks?Does my body have the strength of bronze?
13 Am I not completely helpless?Haven’t my skills been taken away from me?
14 “A friend should treat a troubled person kindly,even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brothers have been as deceptive as seasonal rivers,like the seasonal riverbeds that flood.
16 They are dark with ice.They are hidden by snow.
17 They vanish during a scorching summer.In the heat their riverbeds dry up.
18 They change their course.They go into a wasteland and disappear.