15 My houseguests and my maidservants consider me a stranger. I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
16 I call my servant but he does not reply though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my children.
18 Even young children despise me; when I stand, they speak against me.
19 All my close friends despise me; those I love have turned against me.
20 My bones cling to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 “Have pity on me my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.