Job 19:8-22

8He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through; he has veiled my paths with darkness.

9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

10He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined. He uproots my hope like a tree.

11His anger burns against me, and he regards me as one of his enemies.

12His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and camp around my tent.

13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

14My relatives stop coming by, and my close friends have forgotten me.

15My house guests and female servants regard me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

16I call for my servant, but he does not answer, even if I beg him with my own mouth.

17My breath is offensive to my wife, and my own family finds me repulsive.

18Even young boys scorn me. When I stand up, they mock me.

19All of my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

20My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

21Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for God’s hand has struck me.

22Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?