7:1 Woe is me! For I am like gatherings of produce in summer, like gleanings of a vineyard. There is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that I crave.
7:2 The pious have perished from the land, there is none upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood. A man hunts his brother with a net.
7:3 Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
7:4 The best of them is like a prickly bush, the most upright like a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen—of your visitation—is coming. Then their confusion will occur.
7:5 Do not trust in a friend. Do not trust in a close companion. Guard the openings of your mouth from her who lies on your breast.
7:6 For son treats father with contempt; daughter rises up against mother; daughter-in-law against mother-in-law: a man’s enemies are the people of his own house.
7:7 But I—I will watch for Adonai. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
7:8 Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I have fallen—I will arise. Though I sit in darkness, Adonai is my light.
7:9 I will bear the indignation of Adonai, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I will behold His righteousness.
7:10 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her— she who said to me: “Where is Adonai, your God?” My eyes will gaze at her— now she will be trampled like mud in streets.
7:11 A day to rebuild your walls— a day the boundary will be far off,
7:12 a day when they will come to you from Assyria to the cities of Egypt, from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
7:13 Yet the land will become a wasteland because of her inhabitants, because of the fruit of their misdeeds.
7:14 Tend Your people with Your staff, the flock of Your inheritance, dwelling alone, in a forest in the midst of a fertile garden. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
7:15 As in the days of your coming out from the land of Egypt I will show him wonders.
7:16 Nations will see and be put to shame despite all their might. They will put a hand on their mouth, their ears will be deaf.
7:17 They will lick dust like a snake. Like crawling things of the land, they will come trembling out of their hiding places. To Adonai Eloheinu they will submit in awe— in awe of You.
7:18 Who is a God like You pardoning iniquity, overlooking transgression, for the remnant of His heritage? He will not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.
7:19 He will again have compassion on us. He will subdue our iniquities, and You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
7:20 You will extend truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, that You swore to our ancestors from the days of old.
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