In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?
Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!
“I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp.
Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!
Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,
The angel of the Lord then asked, “Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”
They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”