¹Væ mihi,Woe to me,quia factus sum sicut qui colligit in autumno racemos vindemiæ!for I have become just like one who gleans the clusters of the vintage in autumn.non est botrus ad comedendum,There is no cluster of grapes to consume;præcoquas ficus desideravit anima mea.my soul desired figs out of season.

¹Væ mihi,Woe to me,quia factus sum sicut qui colligit in autumno racemos vindemiæ!for I have become just like one who gleans the clusters of the vintage in autumn.non est botrus ad comedendum,There is no cluster of grapes to consume;præcoquas ficus desideravit anima mea.my soul desired figs out of season.

²Periit sanctus de terra,The holy ones pass away from the land,et rectus in hominibus non est:and there is no one righteous among men.omnes in sanguine insidiantur;All wait in ambush for blood;vir fratrem suum ad mortem venatur.a man hunts his brother to death.

²Periit sanctus de terra,The holy ones pass away from the land,et rectus in hominibus non est:and there is no one righteous among men.omnes in sanguine insidiantur;All wait in ambush for blood;vir fratrem suum ad mortem venatur.a man hunts his brother to death.

³Malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum:The evil of their hands, they call good.princeps postulat,The leader is demanding,et judex in reddendo est;and the judge is yielding,et magnus locutus est desiderium animæ suæ,and the great is speaking the desire of his soul,et conturbaverunt eam.and they have confused it.

³Malum manuum suarum dicunt bonum:The evil of their hands, they call good.princeps postulat,The leader is demanding,et judex in reddendo est;and the judge is yielding,et magnus locutus est desiderium animæ suæ,and the great is speaking the desire of his soul,et conturbaverunt eam.and they have confused it.

⁴Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus,Whoever is best among them is like a thorny plant,et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe.and he who is righteous is like a thorny hedge.Dies speculationis tuæ,The day of your inspection,visitatio tua venit:your visitation, arrives.nunc erit vastitas eorum.Now will be their ruination.

⁴Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus,Whoever is best among them is like a thorny plant,et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe.and he who is righteous is like a thorny hedge.Dies speculationis tuæ,The day of your inspection,visitatio tua venit:your visitation, arrives.nunc erit vastitas eorum.Now will be their ruination.

⁵Nolite credere amico,Do not be willing to believe a friend.et nolite confidere in duce:And do not be willing to confide in a commander.ab ea quæ dormit in sinu tuo custodi claustra oris tui.From her, who sleeps in your bosom, keep the doors of your mouth closed.

⁵Nolite credere amico,Do not be willing to believe a friend.et nolite confidere in duce:And do not be willing to confide in a commander.ab ea quæ dormit in sinu tuo custodi claustra oris tui.From her, who sleeps in your bosom, keep the doors of your mouth closed.

⁶Quia filius contumeliam facit patri,For the son acts with contempt for the father,et filia consurgit adversus matrem suam:and the daughter rises up against her mother,nurus adversus socrum suam,the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,et inimici hominis domestici ejus.and a man’s enemies are those of his own household.

⁶Quia filius contumeliam facit patri,For the son acts with contempt for the father,et filia consurgit adversus matrem suam:and the daughter rises up against her mother,nurus adversus socrum suam,the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,et inimici hominis domestici ejus.and a man’s enemies are those of his own household.

⁷Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam;But I will look towards the Lord.exspectabo Deum,I will wait for God,salvatorem meum:my Savior.audiet me Deus meus.My God will hear me.

⁷Ego autem ad Dominum aspiciam;But I will look towards the Lord.exspectabo Deum,I will wait for God,salvatorem meum:my Savior.audiet me Deus meus.My God will hear me.

⁸Ne læteris,You,inimica mea,my enemy,super me,should not rejoice over me because I have fallen.quia cecidi:I will rise up,consurgam cum sedero in tenebris:when I sit in darkness.Dominus lux mea est.The Lord is my light.

⁸Ne læteris,You,inimica mea,my enemy,super me,should not rejoice over me because I have fallen.quia cecidi:I will rise up,consurgam cum sedero in tenebris:when I sit in darkness.Dominus lux mea est.The Lord is my light.

⁹Iram Domini portabo,I will carry the wrath of the Lord,quoniam peccavi ei,because I have sinned against him,donec causam meam judicet,until he may judge my caseet faciat judicium meum.and execute judgment for me.Educet me in lucem:He will lead me into the light.videbo justitiam ejus.I will behold his justice.

⁹Iram Domini portabo,I will carry the wrath of the Lord,quoniam peccavi ei,because I have sinned against him,donec causam meam judicet,until he may judge my caseet faciat judicium meum.and execute judgment for me.Educet me in lucem:He will lead me into the light.videbo justitiam ejus.I will behold his justice.

¹⁰Et aspiciet inimica mea,And my enemy will look,et operietur confusione,and she will be covered with confusion,quæ dicit ad me:she who says to me,Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus?“Where is the Lord your God?”Oculi mei videbunt in eam:My eyes will look upon her.nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.Now she will be trampled underfoot like the mud of the streets.

¹⁰Et aspiciet inimica mea,And my enemy will look,et operietur confusione,and she will be covered with confusion,quæ dicit ad me:she who says to me,Ubi est Dominus Deus tuus?“Where is the Lord your God?”Oculi mei videbunt in eam:My eyes will look upon her.nunc erit in conculcationem ut lutum platearum.Now she will be trampled underfoot like the mud of the streets.

¹¹Dies, ut ædificentur maceriæ tuæ;The day that your walls will be rebuilt,in die illa longe fiet lex.in that day the law will be far away.

¹¹Dies, ut ædificentur maceriæ tuæ;The day that your walls will be rebuilt,in die illa longe fiet lex.in that day the law will be far away.

¹²In die illaIn that day also,et usque ad te veniet de Assur,they will come towards you even from Assur,et usque ad civitates munitas,and even to the fortified cities,et a civitatibus munitis usque ad flumen,and from the fortified cities even to the river,et ad mare de mari,and from sea to sea,et ad montem de monte.and from mountain to mountain.

¹²In die illaIn that day also,et usque ad te veniet de Assur,they will come towards you even from Assur,et usque ad civitates munitas,and even to the fortified cities,et a civitatibus munitis usque ad flumen,and from the fortified cities even to the river,et ad mare de mari,and from sea to sea,et ad montem de monte.and from mountain to mountain.

¹³Et terra erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos,And the land will be in desolation,et propter fructum cogitationum eorum.because of its inhabitants and because of the fruit of their intentions.

¹³Et terra erit in desolationem propter habitatores suos,And the land will be in desolation,et propter fructum cogitationum eorum.because of its inhabitants and because of the fruit of their intentions.

¹⁴Pasce populum tuum in virga tua,With your rod,gregem hæreditatis tuæ,pasture your people,habitantes solos,the flock of your inheritance,in saltu,living alone in the narrow forest,in medio Carmeli.in the midst of Carmel.Pascentur BasanThey will graze in Bashan and Gilead,et Galaad juxta dies antiquos.as in the ancient days.

¹⁴Pasce populum tuum in virga tua,With your rod,gregem hæreditatis tuæ,pasture your people,habitantes solos,the flock of your inheritance,in saltu,living alone in the narrow forest,in medio Carmeli.in the midst of Carmel.Pascentur BasanThey will graze in Bashan and Gilead,et Galaad juxta dies antiquos.as in the ancient days.

¹⁵Secundum dies egressionis tuæ de terra Ægypti,As in the days of your departure from the land of Egypt,ostendam ei mirabilia.I will reveal miracles to him.

¹⁵Secundum dies egressionis tuæ de terra Ægypti,As in the days of your departure from the land of Egypt,ostendam ei mirabilia.I will reveal miracles to him.

¹⁶Videbunt gentes,The nations will look,et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua.and they will be confounded at the strength of them all.Ponent manum super os,They will place hand over mouth;aures eorum surdæ erunt.their ears will be deaf.

¹⁶Videbunt gentes,The nations will look,et confundentur super omni fortitudine sua.and they will be confounded at the strength of them all.Ponent manum super os,They will place hand over mouth;aures eorum surdæ erunt.their ears will be deaf.

¹⁷Lingent pulverem sicut serpentes;They will lick the dust like serpents, and,velut reptilia terræ perturbabuntur in ædibus suis.like the creeping things of the earth, they will be disturbed in their houses.Dominum Deum nostrum formidabunt,They will dread the Lord our God,et timebunt te.and they will fear you.

¹⁷Lingent pulverem sicut serpentes;They will lick the dust like serpents, and,velut reptilia terræ perturbabuntur in ædibus suis.like the creeping things of the earth, they will be disturbed in their houses.Dominum Deum nostrum formidabunt,They will dread the Lord our God,et timebunt te.and they will fear you.

¹⁸Quis, Deus, similis tui,What God is like you,qui aufers iniquitatem, et transis peccatum reliquiarum hæreditatis tuæ?who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance?Non immittet ultra furorem suum,No longer will he send forth his fury,quoniam volens misericordiam est.because he is willing to be merciful.

¹⁸Quis, Deus, similis tui,What God is like you,qui aufers iniquitatem, et transis peccatum reliquiarum hæreditatis tuæ?who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance?Non immittet ultra furorem suum,No longer will he send forth his fury,quoniam volens misericordiam est.because he is willing to be merciful.

¹⁹Revertetur,He will turn backet miserebitur nostri;and have mercy on us.deponet iniquitates nostras,He will put away our iniquities,et projiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.and he will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

¹⁹Revertetur,He will turn backet miserebitur nostri;and have mercy on us.deponet iniquitates nostras,He will put away our iniquities,et projiciet in profundum maris omnia peccata nostra.and he will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

²⁰Dabis veritatem Jacob,You will give the truth to Jacob,misericordiam Abraham,mercy to Abraham,quæ jurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.which you swore to our fathers from the ancient days.

²⁰Dabis veritatem Jacob,You will give the truth to Jacob,misericordiam Abraham,mercy to Abraham,quæ jurasti patribus nostris a diebus antiquis.which you swore to our fathers from the ancient days.