4 The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.

5 The earth lies defiled
under its inhabitants;

for they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.

7 The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.