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.

¹¹ My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;^(A)
    my neighbors stay far away.

⁸ You have taken from me my closest friends^(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(B) and cannot escape;^(C)

⁷ This is what the Lord says—
    the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel^(A)—
to him who was despised^(B) and abhorred by the nation,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings^(C) will see you and stand up,
    princes will see and bow down,^(D)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,^(E)
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen^(F) you.”

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

¹⁹ You know how I am scorned,^(A) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
²⁰ Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,^(B) but I found none.^(C)

⁸ He will turn their own tongues against them^(A)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(B) in scorn.^(C)

⁸ “A vile disease has afflicted him;
    he will never get up^(A) from the place where he lies.”
⁹ Even my close friend,^(B)
    someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
    has turned^[a] against me.^(C)