7:1 我有祸了!因为我变成了一个夏季搜摘果实，采集残余葡萄的人，却没有一粒葡萄可吃，也没有我心所想望的早熟的无花果。
Alas! I am as when the fruit is gathered, as when the vines have been gleaned; There is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave. 7:2 虔敬人从地上消逝了，人间竟没有一个正直人；人人都潜伏着要流人血，各以罗网猎取自己的弟兄。
The faithful are gone from the earth, among men the upright are no more! They all lie in wait to shed blood, each one ensnares the other. 7:3 他们的手善于作恶，官员贪求贿赂，法官勒索酬金，权贵只随自己的心愿发言，他们颠倒了一切。
Their hands succeed at evil; the prince makes demands, The judge is had for a price, The great man speaks as he pleases, 7:4 他们中最好的人也不过相似荆棘，最正直的人也不过相似有刺的篱笆。你的守望者所宣布的惩罚之日已经到了；现在他们必要惊惶。
The best of them is like a brier, the most upright like a thorn hedge. The day announced by your watchmen! your punishment has come; now is the time of your confusion. 7:5 你们不要信赖邻里；不要依靠朋友，连对躺在你怀中的妻子，你也要坚守口舌，
Put no trust in a friend, have no confidence in a companion; Against her who lies in your bosom guard the portals of your mouth. 7:6 因为儿子要侮辱自己的父亲，女儿要反抗自己的母亲，儿媳要违抗自己的婆母：人的仇敌就是自己的家人。
For the son dishonors his father, the daughter rises up against her mother, The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a man’s enemies are those of his household. 7:7 至于我，我要仰望上主，寄望于拯救我的天主；天主必要俯听我。
But as for me, I will look to the LORD, I will put my trust in God my savior; my God will hear me! 7:8 我的仇敌!你不要因我遭难而高兴；我虽然跌倒，必再起来；我虽坐在黑暗中，但上主是我的光明。
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy! though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD is my light. 7:9 因为我得罪了上主，我必须承担上主的义怒，直到他审判我的案件，为我主持公道，他必领我进入光明，我必能目睹他的正义。
The wrath of the LORD I will endure because I have sinned against him, Until he takes up my cause, and establishes my right. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see his justice. 7:10 我的仇敌见了，必要蒙受羞辱，因为他曾对我说：「上主你的天主在哪里﹖」我的眼必要看见他，有如街上的污泥被人践踏。
When my enemy sees this, shame shall cover her: She who said to me, "Where is the LORD, thy God?" My eyes shall see her downfall; now shall she be trampled underfoot, like the mire in the streets. 7:11 必有一天，要重建你的城垣；那一天，你的地界必要扩展；
It is the day for building your walls; on that day the boundary shall be taken away. 7:12 那一天，从亚述到埃及，从提洛到幼发拉的河，从这海到那海，从这山到那山的人民，都要向你归来；
It is the day; and they shall come to you from Assyria and from Egypt, From Tyre even to the River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain; 7:13 但其余的地域，必因其中居民行为的恶果，变为一片荒凉。
And the land shall be a waste because of its citizens, as a result of their deeds. 7:14 上主，求你拿你的牧杖牧放你的人民──独留在草莽中，在田园间，作你基业的羊群；让他们在巴商和基肋阿得获得豢养，一如昔日。
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, That dwells apart in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old; 7:15 上主让我们一如在你出离埃及的时日内，见到奇迹；
As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt, show us wonderful signs. 7:16 让异民见了，感到自己一筹莫展，深自惭愧，用手掩口，双耳变聋。
The nations shall behold and be put to shame, in spite of all their strength; They shall put their hands over their mouths; their ears shall become deaf. 7:17 他们将舔土如蛇，像上爬行的爬虫，战战兢兢地从他们的洞穴里爬出来，向你，上主我们的天主，表示尊敬敬畏。
They shall lick the dust like the serpent, like reptiles on the ground; They shall come quaking from their fastnesses, trembling in fear of you (the LORD, our God). 7:18 哪里有神相似你，赦免罪恶，宽宥他的基业──遗民的过错，不坚时愤怒于永远，反而喜爱仁慈﹖
Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; Who does not persist in anger forever, but delights rather in clemency, 7:19 你必再怜悯我们，将我们的邪恶踏于足下，将我们的一切罪过投入海底。
And will again have compassion on us, treading underfoot our guilt? You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins; 7:20 你必按照你昔日向我们祖先所发了的誓，对雅各伯表示忠信，对亚巴郎施行仁慈。
You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and grace to Abraham, As you have sworn to our fathers from days of old.