² O Lord, how long shall I cry,
^(A)And You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, ^(B)“Violence!”
And You will ^(C)not save.
³ Why do You show me iniquity,
And cause me to see ^[a]trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.

⁸ Even ^(A)when I cry and shout,
He shuts out my prayer.

⁸ For when I spoke, I cried out;
^(A)I shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the Lord was made to me
A reproach and a derision daily.

² O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.

^35 (A)Oh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, ^(B)that the Almighty would answer me,
That my ^[a]Prosecutor had written a book!
³⁶ Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
And bind it on me like a crown;