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.