⁴ “I have become a laughingstock^(A) to my friends,^(B)
    though I called on God and he answered^(C)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(D)

⁷ Is there anyone like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water?^(A)

²⁸ A corrupt witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.^(A)