Howlong,O LORD,will I callfor help,And You will not hear?I cryout to You, "Violence!"Yet You do not save.
"Behold,I cry,'Violence!'but I getnoanswer;I shoutfor help,but thereis nojustice.
Yet You are holy,O You who are enthronedupon the praisesof Israel.
Howlongshall the wicked,O LORD,Howlongshall the wickedexult?
"Whyare You like a mandismayed,Like a mightymanwho cannotsave?Yet You are in our midst,O LORD,And we are calledby Your name;Do not forsakeus!"
EvenwhenI cryout and callfor help,He shutsout my prayer.
Then the angelof the LORDsaid,"O LORDof hosts,howlongwill You havenocompassionfor Jerusalemand the citiesof Judah,with whichYou have beenindignanttheseseventyyears?"
and they criedout with a loudvoice,saying,"How long,O Lord,holyand true,will You refrainfrom judgingand avengingour bloodon thosewho dwellon the earth?"
