1. Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; there is no early fruit which my soul desired.
2. The godly man hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3. Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it.
4. The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, worse than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.
5. Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: 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 enemies are the men of his own household.
7. But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.
9. I will bear the indignation of Jehovah--for I have sinned against him--until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.
10. And mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God Mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets.
11. In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.
12. In that day they shall come to thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.