² You have planted^(A) them, and they have taken root;
    they grow and bear fruit.^(B)
You are always on their lips
    but far from their hearts.^(C)
3 Yet you know me, Lord;
    you see me and test^(D) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep^(E) to be butchered!
    Set them apart for the day of slaughter!^(F)
4 How long will the land lie parched^(G)
    and the grass in every field be withered?^(H)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
    the animals and birds have perished.^(I)
Moreover, the people are saying,
    “He will not see what happens to us.”