¹³ “He has alienated my family^(A) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.^(B)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends^(C) have forgotten me.
¹⁵ My guests^(D) and my female servants^(E) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on 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^(F) to my own family.
¹⁸ Even the little boys^(G) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.^(H)
19 All my intimate friends^(I) detest me;^(J)
    those I love have turned against me.^(K)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;^(L)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.^[a]

²¹ “Have pity on me, my friends,^(M) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck^(N) me.
²² Why do you pursue^(O) me as God does?^(P)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(Q)

²³ “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,^(R)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool^(S) on^[b] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!^(T)