1 There Is No Upright Person Woe is me! For I amLike the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers.There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,Ora first-ripe figwhichmy soul desires.
2 The 7:2Or one of lovingkindness holy one has perished from the land,And there is no uprightpersonamong men.All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;Each of them hunts the other with a net.
3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well.The prince asks, also the judge, for a payment,And a great man speaks the craving of his soul;So they weave it together.
4 The best of them is like a briar,The most upright like a thorn hedge.The day when you post your watchmen,Your punishment will come. 7:4Lit Now At that time their panic will happen.
5 Do not believe in a neighbor;Do not have confidence in a close companion.From her who lies in your bosomGuard the openings of your mouth.
6 For son treats father as a wicked fool;Daughter rises up against her mother,Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.Yahweh Is a Light for Me
7 ¶But as for me, I will watch expectantly for Yahweh;I will wait for the God of my salvation.My God will hear me.
8 Do not be glad over me, O my enemy.Though I fall I will rise;Though I inhabit the darkness, Yahweh is a light for me.
9 ¶I will bear the rage of YahwehBecause I have sinned against Him,Until He pleads my case and does justice for me.He will bring me out to the light,AndI will see His 7:9Right dealing righteousness.
10 Then my enemy will see,And shame will cover her who said to me,“Where is Yahweh your God?”My eyes will look on her; 7:10Lit Now At that time she will 7:10Lit become a trampled place be trampled downLike mire of the streets.
11 It will bea day for building your walls.On that day your boundary will be extended.
12 Itwill bea day when 7:12Lit he they will come to youFrom Assyria and the cities of Egypt,From Egypt even to the 7:12The Euphrates River River,Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
13 And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants,On account of the fruit of their deeds.
14 ¶Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,The flock of Your inheritanceWhich dwells by itself in the forest,In the midst of 7:14 Or Carmel a fruitful orchard.Let them feed in Bashan and GileadAs in the ancient days.
15 “As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,I will show 7:15 Lit him you wondrous deeds.”
16 Nations will see and be ashamedOf all their might.They will puttheirhand ontheirmouth;Their ears will be deaf.
17 They will lick the dust like a serpent,Like crawling things of the earth.They will come trembling out of their 7:17Lit fastnesses fortresses;To Yahweh our God they will come in dread,And they will be afraid before You.
18 Who is a God like You, who forgives iniquityAnd passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance?He does not hold fast to His anger foreverBecause He delights in lovingkindness.
19 He will again have compassion on us;He will subdue our iniquities.And You will cast all 7:19 Several ancient versions our their sinsInto the depths of the sea.
20 You will give 7:20Or faithfulness truth to JacobAndlovingkindness to Abraham,Which You swore to our fathersFrom the days of old.