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

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)

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

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.

¹² His troops advance in force;^(A)
    they build a siege ramp^(B) against me
    and encamp around my tent.^(C)

¹³ “He has alienated my family^(D) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.^(E)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends^(F) have forgotten me.
¹⁵ My guests^(G) and my female servants^(H) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.