7 Woe is me! For I have become like one who,
    after the summer fruit has been gathered,
    after the vintage has been gleaned,
finds no cluster to eat;
    there is no first-ripe fig for which I hunger.^(A)
2 The faithful have disappeared from the land,
    and there is no one left who is upright;
they all lie in wait for blood,
    and they hunt each other with nets.^(B)
3 Their hands are skilled to do evil;
    the official and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the powerful dictate what they desire;
    thus they pervert justice.^[a](C)
4 The best of them is like a brier,
    the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of their^[b] sentinels, of their^[c] punishment, has come;
    now their confusion is at hand.^(D)
5 Put no trust in a friend;
    have no confidence in a loved one;
guard the doors of your mouth
    from her who lies in your embrace,
⁶ for the son treats the father with contempt,
    the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
    your enemies are members of your own household.^(E)
7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
    I will wait for the God of my salvation;
    my God will hear me.^(F)

⁸ Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;^[d]
    when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.^(G)
9 I must bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until he takes my side
    and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall see his vindication.^(H)
10 Then my enemies^[e] will see,
    and shame will cover those^[f] who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see their^[g] downfall;^[h]
    now they^[i] will be trodden down
    like the mire of the streets.^(I)

¹¹ A day for the building of your walls!
    On that day the boundary shall be far extended.^(J)
12 On that day they will come to you
    from Assyria to^[j] Egypt
and from Egypt to the River,
    from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.^(K)
13 But the earth will be desolate
    because of its inhabitants,
    for the fruit of their doings.^(L)

¹⁸ Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over the transgression
    of the remnant of his possession?
He does not retain his anger forever
    because he delights in showing steadfast love.^(P)
19 He will again have compassion upon us;
    he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our^[l] sins
    into the depths of the sea.^(Q)
20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob
    and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors
    from the days of old.^(R)