¹⁴ “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend^(A)
    forsakes the fear of the Almighty.^(B)

¹⁵ But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,^(A)
    as the streams that overflow

² “I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,^(A) all of you!^(B)

²⁰ My intercessor^(A) is my friend^[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out^(C) tears^(D) to God;

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]

²¹ “Have pity on me, my friends,^(M) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck^(N) me.
²² Why do you pursue^(O) me as God does?^(P)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(Q)

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]

²¹ “Have pity on me, my friends,^(M) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck^(N) me.
²² Why do you pursue^(O) me as God does?^(P)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(Q)