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1Woe is me! For I have become
as when the summer fruit has been gathered,
as when the grapes have been gleaned:
there is no cluster to eat,
no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
2The godly has perished from the earth,[#Ps. 12:1; Isa. 57:1]
and there is no one upright among mankind;
they all lie in wait for blood,
and each hunts the other with a net.
3Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;[#Zeph. 3:7]
the prince and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4The best of them is like a brier,[#2 Sam. 23:6, 7; Nah. 1:10]
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
now their confusion is at hand.
5Put no trust in a neighbor;[#Jer. 9:4]
have no confidence in a friend;
guard the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms;
6for the son treats the father with contempt,[#Ezek. 22:7; Matt. 10:21, 35; Luke 12:53]
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7But as for me, I will look to the Lord ;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
8Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;[#Jer. 50:11; Lam. 4:21; #10]
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
9I will bear the indignation of the Lord[#Jer. 10:19]
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.
10Then my enemy will see,[#8]
and shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look upon her;
now she will be trampled down
like the mire of the streets.
11A day for the building of your walls![#Ps. 102:13]
In that day the boundary shall be far extended.
12In that day they will come to you,[#7:12 Hebrew]
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt to the River,
from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
13But the earth will be desolate[#6:13]
because of its inhabitants,
for the fruit of their deeds.
14Shepherd your people with your staff,[#Ps. 28:9; 5:4; #Ps. 23:4]
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
15As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,[#Ps. 78:12; Isa. 11:16]
I will show them marvelous things.
16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;[#Isa. 26:11; 52:15]
they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
their ears shall be deaf;
17they shall lick the dust like a serpent,[#Ps. 72:9; Isa. 49:23]
like the crawling things of the earth;
they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
and they shall be in fear of you.
18Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity[#Ex. 15:11; #Jer. 50:20; Ex. 34:7]
and passing over transgression
for the remnant of his inheritance?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19He will again have compassion on us;[#Ps. 80:14]
he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
You will cast all our sins
into the depths of the sea.
20You will show faithfulness to Jacob[#Luke 1:72, 73]
and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.