1	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# : my soul desired# the firstripe fruit. [when...: Heb. the gatherings of summer]
			2	The good man is perished# out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait# for blood; they hunt# every man his brother with a net. [good: or, godly, or, merciful]
			3	That they may do evil with both hands earnestly# , the prince asketh# , and the judge# asketh for a reward; and the great man , he uttereth# his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up# . [his...: Heb. the mischief of his soul]
			4	The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen# and thy visitation cometh# ; now shall be their perplexity.
			5	Trust# ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence# in a guide: keep# the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth# in thy bosom.
			6	For the son dishonoureth# the father, the daughter riseth up# against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies# are the men of his own house.
			7	Therefore I will look# unto the LORD; I will wait# for the God of my salvation: my God will hear# me.
			8	Rejoice# not against me, O mine enemy# : when I fall# , I shall arise# ; when I sit# in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
			9	I will bear# the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned# against him, until he plead# my cause, and execute# judgment for me: he will bring me forth# to the light, and I shall behold# his righteousness.
			10	Then she that is mine enemy# shall see# it , and shame shall cover# her which said# unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold# her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. [Then...: or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame] [shall she...: Heb. she shall be for a treading down]
			11	In the day that thy walls are to be built# , in that day shall the decree be far removed# .
			12	In that day also he shall come# even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. and +RF from[ the fortified cities: or, even to the fortified cities]
			13	Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell# therein, for the fruit of their doings. [Notwithstanding: or, After that it hath been]
			14	Feed# thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell# solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed# in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. [Feed: or, Rule]
			15	According to the days of thy coming# out of the land of Egypt will I shew# unto him marvellous# things .
			16	The nations shall see# and be confounded# at all their might: they shall lay# their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf# .
			17	They shall lick# the dust like a serpent, they shall move# out of their holes like worms# of the earth: they shall be afraid# of the LORD our God, and shall fear# because of thee. [worms: or, creeping things]
			18	Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth# iniquity, and passeth by# the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth# not his anger for ever, because he delighteth# in mercy.
			19	He will turn again# , he will have compassion# upon us; he will subdue# our iniquities; and thou wilt cast# all their sins into the depths of the sea.
			20	Thou wilt perform# the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn# unto our fathers from the days of old.