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13 Is there no help within me;
    has not success been banished from me?

14 “A despairing person should have the kindness of his friend,
    even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
15 My brothers have acted deceptively,
    as a seasonal stream,
    as a torrential stream that overflows

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13 Do I have any power to help myself,(A)
    now that success has been driven from me?

14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend(B)
    forsakes the fear of the Almighty.(C)
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(D)
    as the streams that overflow

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13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

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