Will You restrainYourself at thesethings,O LORD?Will You keepsilentand afflictus beyondmeasure?
Why do You standafaroff, O LORD?Why do You hide[Yourself] in timesof trouble?
Howlong,O LORD?Will You be angryforever?Will Your jealousyburnlikefire?
O God,do not remain quiet;Do not be silentand, O God,do not be still.
"I have keptsilentfor a longtime,I have keptstilland restrainedMyself. [Now] like a woman in laborI will groan,I will bothgaspand pant.
Lookdownfrom heavenand seefrom Your holyand glorioushabitation;Whereare Your zealand Your mightydeeds?The stirringsof Your heartand Your compassionare restrainedtowardme.
"Behold,it is writtenbeforeMe, I will not keepsilent,but I will repay;I will even repayinto their bosom,
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?"
