¹ Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly;
    the faithful have disappeared from humankind.^(A)

57 The righteous perish,
    and no one considers why;
the devout are taken away,
    while no one understands
    that it is due to evil that the righteous are taken away.^(A)

⁷ Their feet run to evil,
    and they rush to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
    desolation and destruction are in their highways.^(A)

²⁶ For the wicked are found among my people.
    They lie in wait like hunters;
destroyers,^[a] they catch humans.^(A)

5 Hear this, O priests!
    Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
    For the judgment pertains to you,
for you have been a snare at Mizpah
    and a net spread upon Tabor^(A)