Job’s Forsaken State

13 “He has put my relatives far from me;

my acquaintances only turn away from me.

14 My kinsmen have failed me;

my friends have forgotten me.

15 My guests and my servant girls

consider me a stranger;

I am a foreigner in their eyes.

16 I summon my servant, but he does not respond,

even though I implore him with my own mouth.

17 My breath is repulsive to my wife;

I am loathsome to my brothers.

18 Even youngsters have scorned me;

when I get up, they scoff at me.

19 All my closest friends detest me;

and those whom I love have turned against me.

20 My bones stick to my skin and my flesh;

I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me,

for the hand of God has struck me.

22 Why do you pursue me like God does?

Will you never be satiated with my flesh?