Woe is For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard ; there (is no) cluster to eat , no early fig that I crave.
The godly (man) has perished from the earth ; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood ; they hunt one - another with a net.
- Both hands are skilled at evil ; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire , they all conspire together.
The best of them (is) like a brier ; the most upright (is sharper) than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come , (the day of) your visitation. Now is (the time) of their confusion.
Do not rely on a friend ; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
For a son dishonors his father , a daughter rises against her mother , and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies (are) the members of his own household.
But as for me , I will look to the LORD ; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Do not gloat my enemy ! Though I have fallen , I will arise ; though I sit in darkness , the LORD will be my light
Because I have sinned I must endure the rage of the LORD , until - He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light ; I will see His righteousness.
Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame — she who said to me , “ Where is the LORD your God ? ” My eyes will see at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
The day for rebuilding your walls will come — the day for extending your boundary.
On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt , even from Egypt to the Euphrates , from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants , as the fruit of their deeds.
Shepherd with Your staff Your people , the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland , surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead , as in the days of old.
As in the days when you came out vvv of Egypt , I will show My wonders.
Nations will see and be ashamed , deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths , and their ears will become deaf.
They will lick the dust like a snake , like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God ; they will tremble in fear of You.
Who is a God like You , who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance — who does not retain His anger forever , because He delights in loving devotion ?
He will again have compassion on us ; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham , as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.