² Faithful ones have perished from the land;
        there is no righteous one among humanity.
    All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;
        they hunt each other with nets.
³ Their hands are skilled at doing evil.
    Official and judge alike ask for a bribe;
        the powerful speak however they like;
            this is how they conspire.
⁴ The good among them are like a briar;
        those who do the right thing are like a thorny thicket.
            (A day for your lookouts!^[a]
            Your punishment has arrived.
            The confusion of the wicked^[b] is nearby.)