¹⁹ All of my best friends^[a] despise me,^(A)
and those I love have turned against me.^(B)

⁹ Even my friend^[a] in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.^(A)

¹⁸ You have distanced loved one and neighbour from me;
darkness is my only friend.^[a](A)