1 Woe is me! For I am
Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers.
There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,
Or a first-ripe fig whicha Lit my soulI crave. | |
2 Theb Or loyalgodly person has perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among men.
All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a net. | |
3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together. | |
4 The best of them is like a briar,
The most upright like a thorn hedge.
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your punishment will come.
Then their confusion will occur. | |
5 Do not trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a friend.
From her who lies in your bosom
Guardc Lit openings of your mouthyour lips. | |
6 For son treats father contemptuously,
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household. | |
7 But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me. | |
8 Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy.
Though I fall I will rise;
Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a light for me. | |
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the light,
And I will see Hisd I.e. right dealingrighteousness. | |
10 Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the LORD your God?”
My eyes will look on her;
e Lit NowAt that time she willf Lit become a trampled placebe trampled down
Like mire of the streets. | |
11 It will be a day for building your walls.
On that day will your boundary be extended. | |
12 It will be a day wheng Lit hethey will come to you
From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
From Egypt even to theh Lit RiverEuphrates,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain. | |
13 And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants,
On account of the fruit of their deeds. | |
14 Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,
The flock of Youri Or inheritancepossession
Which dwells by itself in the woodland,
In the midst ofj Or Carmela fruitful field.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old. | |
15 “As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,
I will showk Lit himyou miracles.” | |
16 Nations will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf. | |
17 They will lick the dust like a serpent,
Like reptiles of the earth.
They will come trembling out of theirl Lit fastnessesfortresses;
To the LORD our God they will come in dread
And they will be afraid before You. | |
18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of Hism Or inheritancepossession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights inn Or lovingkindnessunchanging love. | |
19 He will again have compassion on us;
He will tread our iniquities under foot.
Yes, You will cast allo Several ancient versions read ourtheir sins
Into the depths of the sea. | |
20 You will givep Or faithfulnesstruth to Jacob
Andq Or lovingkindnessunchanging love to Abraham,
Which You swore to our forefathers
From the days of old. | |
