1 Misery is mine!
Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard.
There is no cluster of grapes to eat.
My soul desires to eat the early fig.
2 The godly man has perished out of the earth,
and there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
every man hunts his brother with a net.
3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently.
The ruler and judge ask for a bribe.
The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul.
Thus they conspire together.
4 The best of them is like a brier.
The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen,
even your visitation, has come;
now is the time of their confusion.
5 Don’t trust in a neighbor.
Don’t put confidence in a friend.
With the woman lying in your embrace,
be careful of the words of your mouth!
6 For the son dishonors the father,
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.
7 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh.
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
8 Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy.
When I fall, I will arise.
When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh,
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light.
I will see his righteousness.
10 Then my enemy will see it,
and shame will cover her who said to me,
"Where is Yahweh your God?"
My eyes will see her.
Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
11 A day to build your walls!
In that day, he will extend your boundary.
12 In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt even to the River,
and from sea to sea,
and mountain to mountain.
13 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein,
for the fruit of their doings.
14 Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock of your heritage,
who dwell by themselves in a forest.
Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land,
in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15 "As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them marvelous things."
16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might.
They will lay their hand on their mouth.
Their ears will be deaf.
17 They will lick the dust like a serpent.
Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens.
They will come with fear to Yahweh our God,
and will be afraid because of you.
18 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity,
and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage?
He doesn’t retain his anger forever,
because he delights in loving kindness.
19 He will again have compassion on us.
He will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give truth to Jacob,
and mercy to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
1 我有祸了！ 因为我好像夏天采摘的果子， 又像摘剩的葡萄， 没有一挂可吃的， 也没有我心所想望早熟的无花果。
2 虔敬的人从地上灭绝了， 人间也没有正直的人， 人人都埋伏着要流人的血， 各人都用网罗猎取自己的兄弟。
3 他们双手善于作恶， 官长和审判官都要求报酬； 达官贵人说出心里的欲望； 他们歪曲了一切。
4 他们中最好的， 也不过像荆棘， 最正直的， 也不过是有刺的篱笆。你的守望者所预言的日子， 和你被鉴察的时候， 已经来到； 现在他们必要慌乱不安。
5 不可信靠邻舍， 也不可信任朋友， 要守住你的嘴唇， 不可向躺在你怀中的妻子透露。
6 儿子藐视父亲， 女儿抗拒母亲， 媳妇与婆婆作对； 人的仇敌就是自己的家人。
7 至于我， 我却要仰望耶和华， 我要等候那拯救我的 神； 我的 神必应允我。
8 我的仇敌啊！ 不要因我的遭遇而高兴； 我虽然跌倒了， 却必起来； 我虽然坐在黑暗里， 耶和华却必作我的光。
9 我要担当耶和华的忿怒， 因为我得罪了他， 直到他审断我的案件， 为我主持公道； 他必把我领出来， 到光明中去， 我就得见他的公义。
10 我的仇敌看见了， 就必蒙羞， 就是那曾经对我说： "耶和华你的 神在哪里"的人， 我必亲眼看见他遭报； 那时， 他必被人践踏， 好像街上的泥土。
11 必有一天， 你要重建你的城墙； 到那日， 你的地界必扩展到远方。
12 那日， 必有人来归你， 从亚述到埃及， 从埃及到大河， 从这海到那海， 从这山到那山， 必有人来归你。
13 然而， 大地因其中居民的缘故， 又因他们行为的恶果， 必一片荒凉。
14 求你用你的杖牧放你的子民， 就是你产业的羊群， 他们安然独居在树林里， 在佳美的田园中； 愿他们在巴珊和基列得着牧养， 像古时一样。
15 就像你从埃及地出来的时候一样， 把奇事显给我们看。
16 愿万国看见， 就为自己的一切势力而惭愧； 愿他们用手掩口， 耳朵变聋。
17 愿他们舔土像蛇， 又像在地上腹行的动物。愿他们战战兢兢地从他们的要塞出来， 带着惊慌的心来到耶和华我们的 神那里， 因你的缘故而惧怕。
18 有何神像你， 赦免罪孽， 不追究产业之余民的过犯呢？他不永远怀怒， 因为他喜爱怜悯。
19 他必再怜爱我们， 把我们的罪孽都践踏在脚下， 又把我们的一切罪恶都投在深海里。
20 你必向雅各显诚实， 向亚伯拉罕施慈爱， 就是古时， 你起誓应许我们列祖的。