Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his ^abrother with a net.

 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

 4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy ^avisitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

 5 ^aTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's ^aenemies are the men of his own ^bhouse.

 7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will ^ahear me.

 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in ^adarkness, the Lord shall be a ^blight unto me.

 9 I will ^abear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the ^blight, and I shall behold his righteousness.

 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be ^atrodden down as the mire of the streets.

 11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

 12 In that day also he shall ^acome even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.