There Is No Upright Person
Woe is me! For I amLike the fruit pickers, like the agrape gatherers.There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,Or a bfirst-ripe fig which my soul desires.Is 24:13Is 28:4; Hos 9:102 The 1holy one has aperished from the land,And there is no upright person among men.All of them lie in wait for bbloodshed;Each of them hunts the other with a cnet.Or one of lovingkindnessIs 57:1Is 59:7; Mic 3:10Jer 5:26; Hos 5:13 Concerning evil, both hands do it awell.The prince asks, also the judge, for a bpayment,And a great man speaks the craving of his soul;So they weave it together.Prov 4:16, 17Amos 5:12; Mic 3:114 The best of them is like a abriar,The most upright like a bthorn hedge.The day when you post your watchmen,Your cpunishment will come.1At that time their dpanic will happen.Lit NowEzek 2:6; 28:24Nah 1:10Is 10:3; Hos 9:7Is 22:55 Do not abelieve in a neighbor;Do not have confidence in a close companion.From her who lies in your bosomGuard the openings of your mouth.Jer 9:46 For ason treats father as a wicked fool;Daughter rises up against her mother,Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;bA man’s enemies are the men of his own household.Matt 10:21, 35; Luke 12:53Matt 10:36
Yahweh Is a Light for Me
7 But as for me, I will awatch expectantly for Yahweh;I will bwait for the God of my salvation.My cGod will hear me.Hab 2:1Ps 130:5; Is 25:9Ps 4:38 aDo not be glad over me, O bmy enemy.Though I fall I will crise;Though I inhabit the darkness, Yahweh is a dlight for me.Prov 24:17; Obad 12Mic 7:10Amos 9:11Is 9:2
9 I will bear the rage of YahwehBecause I have sinned against Him,Until He apleads my case and does justice for me.He will bring me out to the blight,And I will see His 1crighteousness.Right dealingJer 50:34Ps 37:6; Is 42:7, 16Is 46:13; 56:110 Then my enemy will see,And shame will cover her who asaid to me,“Where is Yahweh your God?”My eyes will look on her;1At that time she will 2be btrampled downLike mire of the streets.Lit NowLit become a trampled placeJoel 2:17Is 51:23; Zech 10:511 It will be a day for abuilding your walls.On that day your boundary will be extended.Is 54:11; Amos 9:1112 It will be a day when 1they will acome to youFrom Assyria and the cities of Egypt,From Egypt even to the 2River,Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.Lit heThe Euphrates RiverIs 19:23-25; 60:4, 913 And the earth will become adesolate because of her inhabitants,On account of the bfruit of their deeds.Jer 25:11; Mic 6:13Is 3:10, 11; Mic 3:4
14 aShepherd Your people with Your bscepter,The flock of Your inheritanceWhich dwells by itself in the forest,In the midst of 1a fruitful orchard.Let them feed in cBashan and GileaddAs in the ancient days.Or CarmelPs 95:7; Is 40:11; 49:10; Mic 5:4Lev 27:32; Ps 23:4Jer 50:19Amos 9:1115 “As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,I will show 1ayou wondrous deeds.”Lit himEx 3:20; 34:10; Ps 78:1216 Nations awill see and be ashamedOf all their might.They will bput their hand on their mouth;Their ears will be deaf.Is 26:11Mic 3:717 They will alick the dust like a serpent,Like bcrawling things of the earth.They will come ctrembling out of their 1fortresses;To Yahweh our God they will come in ddread,And they will be afraid before You.Lit fastnessesPs 72:9; Is 49:23Deut 32:24Ps 18:45Is 25:3; 59:1918 Who is a God like You, who aforgives iniquityAnd passes over the transgression of the bremnant of His inheritance?He does not chold fast to His anger foreverBecause He ddelights in lovingkindness.Ex 34:7, 9; Is 43:25Mic 2:12; 4:7; 5:7, 8Ps 103:8, 9, 13Jer 32:4119 He will again have compassion on us;aHe will subdue our iniquities.And You will bcast all 1their sinsInto the depths of the sea.Several ancient versions ourJer 50:20Is 38:17; 43:25; Jer 31:3420 You will give 1atruth to JacobAnd lovingkindness to Abraham,Which You bswore to our fathersFrom the days of old.Or faithfulnessGen 24:27; 32:10Deut 7:8, 12