Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger.
I am an alien in their sight.
I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer.
I beg him with my mouth.
My breath is offensive to my wife.
I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
Even young children despise me.
If I arise, they speak against me.
All my familiar friends abhor me.
They whom I loved have turned against me.
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh.
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.