12aRighteous are You, O Yahweh, when I would pleadmycase with You;Indeed I would bspeakmattersofjustice with You:Why has the cway of the wickedsucceeded?Whyareall those who ddeal in treacherycomplacent?2You have aplanted them; they have alsotakenroot;They grow; they have evenproducedfruit.You are bnear1to their lipsBut far from their 2inmostbeing.3But You, O Yahweh, You aknow me;You see me;And You btest my heart’sattitudetoward You.Drag them off like sheep for the slaughterAnd 1set them apart for a cday of carnage!4How long is the aland to mournAnd the bplants of everyfield to dryup?Because of the cevil of those who inhabit it,dAnimals and birds have been sweptaway,Becausemen have said, “He will not see our lattereending.”
