4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,and their food was the root of the broom bush.
5 They were banished from human society,shouted at as if they were thieves.
6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7 They brayed among the bushesand huddled in the undergrowth.
8 A base and nameless brood,they were driven out of the land.
9 ‘And now those young men mock me in song;I have become a byword among them.
10 They detest me and keep their distance;they do not hesitate to spit in my face.