^2 (B)How long, Lord, have I called for help,
And You do not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do ^(C)not save.
³ Why do You make me ^(D)see disaster,
And make me look at destitution?
Yes, ^(E)devastation and violence are before me;
^(F)Strife exists and contention arises.
⁴ Therefore the ^(G)Law ^[a]is ignored,
And justice ^[b]is never upheld.
For the wicked ^(H)surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out ^(I)confused.

2 I will ^(A)stand at my guard post
And station myself on the watchtower;
And I will ^(B)keep watch to see ^(C)what He will say to me,
And how I may reply ^[a]when I am reprimanded.
² Then the Lord answered me and said,
“^(D)Write down the vision
And inscribe it clearly on tablets,
So that one who ^[b]reads it may run.
³ For the vision is yet for the ^(E)appointed time;
It ^[c]hurries toward the goal and it will not ^[d]fail.
Though it delays, ^(F)wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it ^(G)will not delay long.