¹³ “He has alienated my family^(A) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.^(B)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends^(C) have forgotten me.
¹⁵ My guests^(D) and my female servants^(E) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
¹⁶ I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
¹⁷ My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome^(F) to my own family.
¹⁸ Even the little boys^(G) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.^(H)
19 All my intimate friends^(I) detest me;^(J)
    those I love have turned against me.^(K)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;^(L)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.^[a]

¹¹ Because of all my enemies,^(A)
    I am the utter contempt^(B) of my neighbors^(C)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.

¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(A) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.