17. My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of my own body.
18. Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.
19. All my intimate friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20. My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.