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I am like the one who gathers summer fruit,</p> <p class="sl1">when the vines have been gleaned;</p> <p class="sl">There is no cluster to eat,</p> <p class="sl1">no early fig that I crave.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007002" class="ver">2</span>The faithful have vanished from the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">no mortal is just!</p> <p class="sl">They all lie in wait to shed blood,</p> <p class="sl1">each one ensnares the other.<a id="ren40007002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007003" class="ver">3</span>Their hands succeed at evil;</p> <p class="sl1">the prince makes demands,</p> <p class="sl">The judge is bought for a price,</p> <p class="sl1">the powerful speak as they please.<a id="ren40007003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007004" class="ver">4</span>The best of them is like a brier,</p> <p class="sl1">the most honest like a thorn hedge.</p> <p class="sl">The day announced by your sentinels!</p> <p class="sl1">Your punishment has come;</p> <p class="sl1">now is the time of your confusion.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007005" class="ver">5</span>Put no faith in a friend,</p> <p class="sl1">do not trust a companion;</p> <p class="sl">With her who lies in your embrace</p> <p class="sl1">watch what you say.<a id="ren40007005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007005-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007006" class="ver">6</span>For the son belittles his father,</p> <p class="sl1">the daughter rises up against her mother,</p> <p class="sl">The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,</p> <p class="sl1">and your enemies are members of your household.<a id="ren40007006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007006-d">d</a></p> </div> <h1 class="bksect">IV. <span class="ac">Confidence in God’s Future</span></h1> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v40007007" class="ver">7</span>But as for me, I will look to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">I will wait for God my savior;</p> <p class="sl1">my God will hear me!<a id="ren40007007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007007-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn40007008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40007008-1">*</a>Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!<a id="rfn40007008-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40007008-2">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">though I have fallen, I will arise;</p> <p class="sl1">though I sit in darkness, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is my light.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007009" class="ver">9</span>I will endure the wrath of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span></p> <p class="sl1">because I have sinned against him,</p> <p class="sl">Until he pleads my case,</p> <p class="sl1">and establishes my right.</p> <p class="sl">He will bring me forth to the light;</p> <p class="sl1">I will see his righteousness.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007010" class="ver">10</span>When my enemy sees this,</p> <p class="sl1">shame shall cover her:</p> <p class="sl">She who said to me,</p> <p class="sl1">“Where is the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God?”</p> <p class="sl">My eyes shall see her downfall;</p> <p class="sl1">now she will be trampled<a id="rfn40007010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40007010-1">*</a> underfoot,</p> <p class="sl1">like mud in the streets.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007011" class="ver">11</span><a id="rfn40007011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40007011-1">*</a>It is the day for building your walls;</p> <p class="sl1">on that day your boundaries shall be enlarged.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007012" class="ver">12</span>It is the day when those from Assyria to Egypt</p> <p class="sl1">shall come to you,</p> <p class="sl">And from Tyre even to the River,</p> <p class="sl1">from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain;<a id="ren40007012-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007012-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007013" class="ver">13</span>And the earth shall be a waste</p> <p class="sl1">because of its inhabitants,</p> <p class="sl1">as a result of their deeds.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v40007014" class="ver">14</span><a id="rfn40007014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40007014-1">*</a>Shepherd your people with your staff,</p> <p class="sl1">the flock of your heritage,</p> <p class="sl">That lives apart<a id="ren40007014-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007014-g">g</a> in a woodland,</p> <p class="sl1">in the midst of an orchard.</p> <p class="sl">Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,</p> <p class="sl1">as in the days of old;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007015" class="ver">15</span>As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt,</p> <p class="sl1">show us wonderful signs.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007016" class="ver">16</span>The nations will see and will be put to shame,</p> <p class="sl1">in spite of all their strength;</p> <p class="sl">They will put their hands over their mouths;</p> <p class="sl1">their ears will become deaf.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007017" class="ver">17</span>They will lick the dust like a snake,</p> <p class="sl1">like crawling things on the ground;</p> <p class="sl">They will come quaking from their strongholds;</p> <p class="sl1">they will tremble in fear of you, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, our God.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007018" class="ver">18</span><a id="rfn40007018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40007018-1">*</a>Who is a God like you, who removes guilt</p> <p class="sl1">and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance;</p> <p class="sl">Who does not persist in anger forever,</p> <p class="sl1">but instead delights in mercy,<a id="ren40007018-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007018-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007019" class="ver">19</span>And will again have compassion on us,</p> <p class="sl1">treading underfoot our iniquities?</p> <p class="sl">You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40007020" class="ver">20</span>You will show faithfulness to Jacob,</p> <p class="sl1">and loyalty to Abraham,</p> <p class="sl">As you have sworn to our ancestors</p> <p class="sl1">from days of old.<a id="ren40007020-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40007020-i">i</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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