2 Faithful people have vanished from the land;aq

there is no one upright among the people.ar

All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;as

they hunt each other with a net.at

3 Both hands are goodau at accomplishing evil:

the official and the judge demand a bribe;a

when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,

they plot it together.

4 The best of them is like a brier;b

the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.c

The day of your watchmen,

the day of your punishment, is coming;d

at this time their panic is here.e