14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants, count me as a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, though I make supplication for the children of my own body.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.
19 All my close friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved have turned against me.
20 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.