18 Yes, young children despise me;I arose, and they spoke against me.
19 All my close friends abhorred me,and they whom I love are turned against me.
20 My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 “Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends,for the hand of God has struck me!
22 Why do you persecute me as God does,and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 “Oh, that my words were written!Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That they were engraved with an iron penand lead in the rock forever!