1  The righteous man perishes,

and no one lays it to heart;

^rdevout men are taken away,

while no one understands.

For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;

2  ^wThe godly has perished from the earth,

and ^xthere is no one upright among mankind;

^ythey all lie in wait for blood,

and ^zeach hunts the other with a net.