How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?
they cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?”
And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, “How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?”
How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will thy wrath burn like fire?
Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!
at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
Turn, O Lord, save my life; deliver me for the sake of thy steadfast love.
“ ‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!