¶ Woe¹ is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits², as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired³ the firstripe fruit.

The good⁴ man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all⁵ lie in wait for blood; they hunt⁶ every man his brother with a net.

That they may do⁷ evil with both hands earnestly, the prince⁸ asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great⁹ man, he uttereth his mischievous desire¹⁰: so they wrap it up.

The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day¹² of thy¹³ watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now¹⁴ shall be their perplexity.

Trust ye not in¹⁵ a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep¹⁶ the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

For the son¹⁷ dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's¹⁸ enemies are the men of his own house.

¶ Therefore I will look¹⁹ unto the LORD; I will wait²⁰ for the God of my salvation: my God²¹ will hear me.

Rejoice²² not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall²³, I shall arise; when I sit²⁴ in darkness, the LORD²⁵ shall be a light unto me.

I will bear²⁶ the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until²⁷ he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will²⁸ bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

¶ Then²⁹ she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame³⁰ shall cover her which said unto me, Where³¹ is the LORD thy God? mine³² eyes shall behold her: now³³ shall she be trodden down³⁴ as the mire of the streets.

In the day³⁵ that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall³⁶ the decree be far removed.

In that day also³⁷ he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from³⁸ the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for⁴⁰ the fruit of their doings.

¶ Feed⁴¹ thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which⁴² dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst⁴³ of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as⁴⁴ in the days of old.

⁴⁵According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

The nations⁴⁶ shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay⁴⁷ their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

They shall lick⁴⁸ the dust like a serpent, they shall move⁴⁹ out of their holes like worms⁵⁰ of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

Who is a God⁵¹ like unto thee, that⁵² pardoneth iniquity, and passeth⁵³ by the transgression of the remnant⁵⁴ of his heritage? he retaineth⁵⁵ not his anger for ever, because he delighteth⁵⁶ in mercy.

He will turn⁵⁷ again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue⁵⁸ our iniquities; and thou wilt cast⁵⁹ all their sins into the depths of the sea.

¶⁶⁰Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.