i1 [To the Chief Musician. Sheminith. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They are corrupt; they have done abominable works, there is no one who does good.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, no, not one.

The righteous perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.

As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one;

They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.

whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

destruction and misery are in their ways;

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

If they say, Walk with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause,

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.

Their quiver is as an open grave; they are all mighty men.

Moreover, my father, look! Indeed, see the skirt of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and did not kill you, recognize and consider that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. And yet you are hunting my soul to take it.

So now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of Jehovah. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.

For among My people are found wicked ones; they lie in wait, as one who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Jehovah, and they will fish for them. And afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

They have hunted our steps to keep us from going in our streets; our end was near, our days were fulfilled, for our end has come.

They take up all of them with the hook; they drag them with the net and gather them with the dragnet. On account of this they rejoice and exult.

Shall they therefore empty their net, and shall they not spare to continually slay nations?