3. As for You, Lord, You know me; You see me. You test whether my heart is with You. Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.
4. How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither?Because of the evil of its residents,animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said,“He cannot see what our end will be.”
5. If you have raced with runnersand they have worn you out,how can you compete with horses?If you stumble in a peaceful land,what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
6. Even your brothers — your own father’s household —even they were treacherous to you; even they have cried out loudly after you. Do not have confidence in them,though they speak well of you.
7. I have abandoned My house; I have deserted My inheritance.I have given the love of My lifeinto the hands of her enemies.
8. My inheritance has acted toward Melike a lion in the forest.She has roared against Me.Therefore, I hate her.
9. Is My inheritance like a hyena to Me?Are birds of prey circling her?Go, gather all the wild animals; bring them to devour her.
10. Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard;they have trampled My plot of land. They have turned My desirable plotinto a desolate wasteland.