16. I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
17. My breath is strange to my wife,and I am a stench to the children of my own mother.
18. Even young children despise me;when I rise they talk against me.
19. All my intimate friends abhor me,and those whom I loved have turned against me.
20. My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh,and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21. Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,for the hand of God has touched me!