1. Woe is me! I am like the one who gathers summer fruit,when the vines have been gleaned;There is no cluster to eat,no early fig that I crave.
2. The faithful have vanished from the earth,no mortal is just!They all lie in wait to shed blood,each one ensnares the other.
3. Their hands succeed at evil;the prince makes demands,The judge is bought for a price,the powerful speak as they please.
4. The best of them is like a brier,the most honest like a thorn hedge.The day announced by your sentinels!Your punishment has come;now is the time of your confusion.
5. Put no faith in a friend,do not trust a companion;With her who lies in your embracewatch what you say.
6. For the son belittles his father,the daughter rises up against her mother,The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,and your enemies are members of your household.
7. But as for me, I will look to the Lord,I will wait for God my savior;my God will hear me!
8. Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!though I have fallen, I will arise;though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
9. I will endure the wrath of the Lordbecause I have sinned against him,Until he pleads my case,and establishes my right.He will bring me forth to the light;I will see his righteousness.
10. When my enemy sees this,shame shall cover her:She who said to me,“Where is the Lord, your God?”My eyes shall see her downfall;now she will be trampled underfoot,like mud in the streets.
11. It is the day for building your walls;on that day your boundaries shall be enlarged.
12. It is the day when those from Assyria to Egyptshall come to you,And from Tyre even to the River,from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain;
13. And the earth shall be a wastebecause of its inhabitants,as a result of their deeds.
14. Shepherd your people with your staff,the flock of your heritage,That lives apart in a woodland,in the midst of an orchard.Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,as in the days of old;