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They hunt every man his brother with a net.

³Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently;

The prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward;

And the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul;

Thus they weave it together.

⁴The best of them is as a brier;

The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge;

The day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come;

Now shall be their perplexity.

⁵Trust ye not in a friend,

Put ye not confidence in a familiar friend;

Keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

⁶For 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'But as for, me, I will look unto the Lord;

I will wait for the God of my salvation;

My God will hear me.

⁸Rejoice not against me, mine enemy;

Though I am fallen, I shall arise;

Though I sit in darkness, the Lord is a light unto me.

⁹I 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.

¹⁰Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her;

Who said unto me: Where is the Lord thy God?

Mine eyes shall gaze upon her;

Now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.'

¹¹'The day for building thy walls, even that day, shall be far removed.'

¹²There shall be a day when they shall come unto thee,

From Assyria even to the cities of Egypt,

And from Egypt even to the River,

And from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

¹³And the land shall be desolate for them that dwell therein,

Because of the fruit of their doings.

 

¹⁴Tend Thy people with Thy staff, the flock of Thy heritage,

That dwell solitarily, as a forest in the midst of the fruitful field;

Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

¹⁵'As in the days of thy coming forth put of the land of Egypt

Will I show unto him, marvellous things.'

¹⁶The nations shall see and be put to shame for all their might;

They shall lay their hand upon their mouth,

Their ears shall be deaf.

¹⁷They shall lick the dust like a serpent;

Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places;

They shall come with fear unto the Lord our God,

And shall be afraid because of Thee.

¹⁸Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth the iniquity,

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