1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

1 Væ mihi, quia factus sum sicut qui colligit in autumno racemos vindemiæ!
non est botrus ad comedendum,
præcoquas ficus desideravit anima mea.

2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

2 Periit sanctus de terra,
et rectus in hominibus non est:
omnes in sanguine insidiantur;
vir fratrem suum ad mortem venatur.

3 ¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

3 Malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum:
princeps postulat, et judex in reddendo est;
et magnus locutus est desiderium animæ suæ,
et conturbaverunt eam.

4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

4 Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus,
et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe.
Dies speculationis tuæ, visitatio tua venit:
nunc erit vastitas eorum.

5 ¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

5 Nolite credere amico,
et nolite confidere in duce:
ab ea quæ dormit in sinu tuo custodi claustra oris tui.

6 For 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.

6 Quia filius contumeliam facit patri,
et filia consurgit adversus matrem suam:
nurus adversus socrum suam,
et inimici hominis domestici ejus.

7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

7 ¶ Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam;
exspectabo Deum, salvatorem meum:
audiet me Deus meus.

8 ¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

8 Ne læteris, inimica mea, super me, quia cecidi:
consurgam cum sedero in tenebris:
Dominus lux mea est.

9 I 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.

9 Iram Domini portabo,
quoniam peccavi ei,
donec causam meam judicet,
et faciat judicium meum.
Educet me in lucem:
videbo justitiam ejus.

10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

10 Et aspiciet inimica mea,
et operietur confusione,
quæ dicit ad me: Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus?
Oculi mei videbunt in eam:
nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.

11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

11 Dies, ut ædificentur maceriæ tuæ;
in die illa longe fiet lex.

12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

12 In die illa et usque ad te veniet de Assur,
et usque ad civitates munitas,
et a civitatibus munitis usque ad flumen,
et ad mare de mari,
et ad montem de monte.

13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

13 Et terra erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos,
et propter fructum cogitationum eorum.

14 ¶ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

14 ¶ Pasce populum tuum in virga tua,
gregem hæreditatis tuæ, habitantes solos, in saltu, in medio Carmeli.
Pascentur Basan et Galaad juxta dies antiquos.

15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

15 Secundum dies egressionis tuæ de terra Ægypti,
ostendam ei mirabilia.

16 ¶ The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

16 Videbunt gentes,
et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua.
Ponent manum super os,
aures eorum surdæ erunt.

17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

17 Lingent pulverem sicut serpentes;
velut reptilia terræ perturbabuntur in ædibus suis.
Dominum Deum nostrum formidabunt,
et timebunt te.

18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

18 Quis, Deus, similis tui,
qui aufers iniquitatem,
et transis peccatum reliquiarum hæreditatis tuæ?
Non immittet ultra furorem suum,
quoniam volens misericordiam est.

19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

19 Revertetur, et miserebitur nostri;
deponet iniquitates nostras,
et projiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.

20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

20 Dabis veritatem Jacob,
misericordiam Abraham,
quæ jurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.