There Is No Upright Person
Woe is me! For I am
Like the fruit pickers, like the agrape gatherers.
There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,
Or a bfirst‑ripe fig which my soul desires.
2 The holy one has aperished from the land,
And there is no upright person among men.
All of them lie in wait for bbloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a cnet.
3 Concerning evil, both hands do it awell.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bpayment,
And a great man speaks the craving of his soul;
So they weave it together.
4 The best of them is like a abriar,
The most upright like a bthorn hedge.
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your cpunishment will come.
At that time their dpanic will happen.
5 Do not abelieve in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a close companion.
From her who lies in your bosom
Guard the openings of your mouth.
6 For ason treats father as a wicked fool;
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter‑in‑law against her mother‑in‑law;
bA man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
Yahweh Is a Light for Me
7 But as for me, I will awatch expectantly for Yahweh;
I will bwait for the God of my salvation.
My cGod will hear me.
8 aDo not be glad over me, O bmy enemy.
Though I fall I will crise;
Though I inhabit the darkness, Yahweh is a dlight for me.
9 I will bear the rage of Yahweh
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He apleads my case and does justice for me.
He will bring me out to the blight,
And I will see His crighteousness.
10 Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who asaid to me,
“Where is Yahweh your God?”
My eyes will look on her;
At that time she will be btrampled down
Like mire of the streets.
11 It will be a day for abuilding your walls.
On that day your boundary will be extended.
12 It will be a day when they will acome to you
From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
From Egypt even to the River,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
13 And the earth will become adesolate because of her inhabitants,
On account of the bfruit of their deeds.
14 aShepherd Your people with Your bscepter,
The flock of Your inheritance
Which dwells by itself in the forest,
In the midst of a fruitful orchard.
Let them feed in cBashan and Gilead
dAs in the ancient days.
15 “As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,
I will show ayou wondrous deeds.”
16 Nations awill see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will bput their hand on their mouth;
Their ears will be deaf.
17 They will alick the dust like a serpent,
Like bcrawling things of the earth.
They will come ctrembling out of their fortresses;
To Yahweh our God they will come in ddread,
And they will be afraid before You.
18 Who is a God like You, who aforgives iniquity
And passes over the transgression of the bremnant of His inheritance?
He does not chold fast to His anger forever
Because He ddelights in lovingkindness.
19 He will again have compassion on us;
aHe will subdue our iniquities.
And You will bcast all their sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give atruth to Jacob
And lovingkindness to Abraham,
Which You bswore to our fathers
From the days of old.