² O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
    and you will not listen?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
    and you will not save?^(A)
3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing
    and look at trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me;
    strife and contention arise.^(B)

² Then the Lord answered me and said:
Write the vision;
    make it plain on tablets,
    so that a runner may read it.^(A)
3 For there is still a vision for the appointed time;
    it speaks of the end and does not lie.
If it seems to tarry, wait for it;
    it will surely come; it will not delay.^(B)
4 Look at the proud!
    Their spirit is not right in them,
    but the righteous live by their faithfulness.^(C)