2. Godly people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.
3. Both hands are good at accomplishing evil:the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,they plot it together.
4. The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen,the day of your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here.
5. Do not rely on a friend; don’t trust in a close companion.Seal your mouthfrom the woman who lies in your arms.
6. Surely a son considers his father a fool, a daughter opposes her mother,and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law;a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
7. But I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
8. Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!Though I have fallen, I will stand up; though I sit in darkness,the Lord will be my light.
9. Because I have sinned against Him,I must endure the Lord’s rageuntil He argues my case and establishes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His salvation.
10. Then my enemy will see,and she will be covered with shame,the one who said to me,“Where is the Lord your God? ” My eyes will look at her in triumph;at that time she will be trampledlike mud in the streets.
11. A day will come for rebuilding your walls; on that day your boundary will be extended.
12. On that day people will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,even from Egypt to the Euphrates Riverand from sea to seaand mountain to mountain.
13. Then the earth will become a wasteland because of its inhabitantsand as a result of their actions.