² How long,^(A) Lord, must I call for help^(B)
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
³ Why do You force me to look at injustice?^(C)
Why do You tolerate^[a] wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
⁴ This is why the law is ineffective
and justice never emerges.
For the wicked restrict^(D) the righteous;
therefore, justice^(E) comes out perverted.

¹³ Your eyes^(A) are too pure^(B) to look on evil,
and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous?^(C)
Why are You silent
while one^[a] who is wicked swallows up
one^[b] who is more righteous than himself?