1 Misery is mine!

2 The godly man has perished out of the earth,

3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently.

4 The best of them is like a brier.

5 Don’t trust in a neighbor.

6 For the son dishonors the father,

7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD.

8 Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy.

9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD,

10 Then my enemy will see it,

11 A day to build your walls!

12 In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,

13 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein,

14 Shepherd your people with your staff,

15 “As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt,

16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might.

17 They will lick the dust like a serpent.

18 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity,

19 He will again have compassion on us.

20 You will give truth to Jacob,