17. My breath is offensive to my wife;I am loathsome to the children of my own body.
18. Yes, young children despise me;I arose, and they spoke against me.
19. All my close friends abhorred me,and they whom I love are turned against me.
20. My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21. “Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends,for the hand of God has struck me!
22. Why do you persecute me as God does,and are not satisfied with my flesh?