2 People stand around me and laugh at me. I watch them as they tease and insult me.
3 “God, give me some support. No one else will!
4 You have closed my friends’ minds, and they don’t understand. Please don’t let them win.
5 You know what people say: ‘A man neglects his own children to help his friends.’ But my friends have turned against me.
6 God has made my name a bad word to everyone. People spit in my face.
7 My eyes are almost blind from my grief. My whole body is as thin as a shadow.
8 Good people wonder how this could happen. The innocent are upset with anyone who is against God.