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² How long,^(C1) Lord, must I call for help^(C2)
and you do not listen
or cry out to you about violence^(C3)
and you do not save?³ Why do you force me to look at injustice?^(C1)
Why do you tolerate^(F1) wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.⁴ This is why the law is ineffective
and justice never emerges.
For the wicked restrict^(C1) the righteous;
therefore, justice^(C2) comes out perverted.

⁵ Look at the nations^(F1)(C1) and observe^(C2)—
be utterly astounded!^(C3)
For I am doing something in your days
that you will not believe^(C4)
when you hear about it.^(C5)6 Look! I am raising up^(C1) the Chaldeans,^(F1)
that bitter,^(C2) impetuous nation
that marches across the earth’s open spaces
to seize territories not its own.⁷ They are fierce^(C1) and terrifying;
their views of justice and sovereignty
stem from themselves.⁸ Their horses are swifter^(C1) than leopards^(C2)
and more fierce^(F1) than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.^(C3)9 All of them come to do violence;
their faces^(C1) are set in determination.^(F1)
They gather^(C2) prisoners like sand.^(C3)10 They mock^(C1) kings,
and rulers are a joke to them.
They laugh^(C2) at every fortress
and build siege ramps to capture^(C3) it.¹¹ Then they sweep^(C1) by like the wind
and pass through.
They are guilty;^(F1) their strength is their god.

¹² Are you not from eternity, Lord my God?^(C1)
My Holy One,^(C2) you^(F1) will not die.
Lord, you appointed them to execute judgment;
my Rock,^(C3) you destined them to punish us.¹³ Your eyes^(C1) are too pure^(C2) to look on evil,
and you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do you tolerate those who are treacherous?^(C3)
Why are you silent
while one^(F1) who is wicked swallows up
one^(F2) who is more righteous than himself?¹⁴ You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,^(C1)
like marine creatures that have no ruler.¹⁵ The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
catch them in their dragnet,^(C1)
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.¹⁶ That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet
and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.^(C1)17 Will they therefore empty their net
and continually slaughter nations without mercy?