Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Destruction and misery are in their ways:

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?