My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

Until the time when his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tried him.

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength"; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments-- but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.