I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.

They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.

To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don't be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.

Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.

I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.

Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.

All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.

For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.

I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.

Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.