⁷ I ·lie awake [or keep watch].
    I am like a lonely bird on a ·housetop [roof].
⁸ All day long enemies ·insult [scorn; reproach] me;
    those who ·make fun of [mock] me use my name as a curse.
⁹ I eat ashes for ·food [or bread],
    and my tears ·fall into [mingle with] my drinks.