| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 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. | 1I am depressed! Indeed, it is as if the summer fruit has been gathered, and the grapes have been harvested. There is no grape cluster to eat, no fresh figs that I crave so much. |
| 2The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net. | 2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net. |
| 3Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; 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. | 3They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them. |
| 4The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand. | 4The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen--your appointed time of punishment--is on the way, and then you will experience confusion. |
| 5Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms; | 5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms! |
| 6for the son treats the father with contempt, 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. | 6For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are his own servants. |
| 7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. | 7But I will keep watching for the LORD; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament. |
| 8Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. | 8My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. |
| 9I will bear the indignation of the LORD 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. | 9I must endure the LORD's anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance. |
| 10Then my enemy will see, 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. | 10When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame. They say to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" I will gloat over them. Then they will be trampled down like mud in the streets. |
| 11A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended. | 11It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended. |
| 12In that day they will come to you, from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain. | 12In that day people will come to you from Assyria as far as Egypt, from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River, from the seacoasts and the mountains. |
| 13But the earth will be desolate because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their deeds. | 13The earth will become desolate because of what its inhabitants have done. |
| 14Shepherd your people with your staff, 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. | 14Shepherd your people with your shepherd's rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days. |
| 15As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things. | 15"As in the days when you departed from the land of Egypt, I will show you miraculous deeds." |
| 16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf; | 16Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf. |
| 17they shall lick the dust like a serpent, 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. | 17They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the LORD our God; they will be terrified of you. |
| 18Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. | 18There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love. |
| 19He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. | 19You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea. |
| 20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. | 20You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times. |
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