Chapter 7

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat:² my soul desired¹⁴ the firstripe fruit.

The good [man] is perished¹ out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait⁴ for blood; they hunt⁴ every man his brother with a net.

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly,⁵³ the prince asketh,⁶ and the judge⁶ [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth⁶ his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.¹⁷

The best of them [is] as a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen¹⁸ [and] thy visitation cometh;¹ now shall be their perplexity.

Trust⁵⁵ ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence⁴ in a guide: keep³ the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth⁶ in thy bosom.

For the son dishonoureth¹⁸ the father, the daughter riseth up⁵ against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies⁶ [are] the men of his own house.

Therefore I will look¹⁷ unto the LORD; I will wait⁵⁵ for the God of my salvation: my God will hear⁴ me.

Rejoice⁴ not against me, O mine enemy:⁶ when I fall,¹ I shall arise;¹ when I sit⁴ in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.

I will bear⁴ the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned¹ against him, until he plead⁴ my cause, and execute¹ judgment for me: he will bring me forth⁵⁵ to the light, [and] I shall behold⁴ his righteousness.

Then [she that is] mine enemy⁶ shall see⁴ [it], and shame shall cover¹⁷ her which said⁶ unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold⁴ her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

[In] the day that thy walls are to be built,² [in] that day shall the decree be far removed.⁴

[In] that day [also] he shall come⁴ even to thee from Assyria, and [from] the fortified ⁴⁶⁹² cities, and from the fortress ⁴⁶⁹² even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain.

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell⁶ therein, for the fruit of their doings.

Feed³ thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell⁶ solitarily [in] the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed⁴ [in] Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

According to the days of thy coming out² of the land of Egypt will I shew⁵⁵ unto him marvellous¹² [things].

The nations shall see⁴ and be confounded⁴ at all their might: they shall lay⁴ [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.⁴

They shall lick¹⁷ the dust like a serpent, they shall move⁴ out of their holes like worms⁵ of the earth: they shall be afraid⁴ of the LORD our God, and shall fear⁴ because of thee.

Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth⁶ iniquity, and passeth by⁶ the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth⁵² not his anger for ever, because he delighteth¹ [in] mercy.

He will turn again,⁴ he will have compassion¹⁷ upon us; he will subdue⁴ our iniquities; and thou wilt cast⁵⁵ all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Thou wilt perform⁴ the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn⁸ unto our fathers from the days of old.