¹² Are You not from eternity, Yahweh my God?
My Holy One,^(A) You^[a] will not die.
Lord, You appointed them to execute judgment;
my Rock,^(B) You destined them to punish us.
¹³ Your eyes^(C) are too pure^(D) to look on evil,
and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous?^(E)
Why are You silent
while one^[b] who is wicked swallows up
one^[c] who is more righteous than himself?
¹⁴ You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,^(F)
like marine creatures that have no ruler.
¹⁵ The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
catch them in their dragnet,^(G)
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.
¹⁶ That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet
and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.^(H)
17 Will they therefore empty their net^[d]
and continually slaughter nations without mercy?

2 I will stand at my guard post
and station myself on the lookout tower.^(I)
I will watch to see what He will say to me^(J)
and what I should^[e] reply about my complaint.