³ Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

²⁶ The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.^(A)

²⁹ A violent person entices their neighbor
    and leads them down a path that is not good.^(A)

⁶ We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(A)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(C) of us all.

¹⁹ After I strayed,^(A)
    I repented;
after I came to understand,
    I beat^(B) my breast.
I was ashamed^(C) and humiliated
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’^(D)

⁶ “My people have been lost sheep;^(A)
    their shepherds^(B) have led them astray^(C)
    and caused them to roam on the mountains.
They wandered over mountain and hill^(D)
    and forgot their own resting place.^(E)