2 The godly people have all disappeared;not one honest person is left on the earth.They are all murderers,setting traps even for their own brothers.
3 Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil!Officials and judges alike demand bribes.The people with influence get what they want,and together they scheme to twist justice.
4 Even the best of them is like a brier;the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns.But your judgment day is coming swiftly now.Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.
5 Don’t trust anyone—not your best friend or even your wife!
6 For the son despises his father.The daughter defies her mother.The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law.Your enemies are right in your own household!
7 As for me, I look to the lord for help.I wait confidently for God to save me,and my God will certainly hear me.
8 Do not gloat over me, my enemies!For though I fall, I will rise again.Though I sit in darkness,the lord will be my light.