¹ Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

¹ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil `to come'.

¹³ transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

¹⁴ And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

¹⁵ Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

¹² And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

¹ Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

⁵ And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.

⁴ None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

²¹ How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

²² Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

⁶ Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

¹ O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

¹² And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

¹ Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.

² The godly 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.

³⁰ But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.

²⁵ And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish.

⁹ Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

¹ Save me, O God, by thy name, And judge me in thy might.

⁴ Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.

⁷ Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

²¹ and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.