2. Lord, how long must I ask for helpand you ignore me?I cry out to you about violence,but you do not save us!
3. Why do you make me see wrong thingsand make me look at trouble?People are destroying things and hurting others in front of me;they are arguing and fighting.
4. So the teachings are weak,and justice never comes.Evil people gain while good people lose;the judges no longer make fair decisions.
5. “Look at the nations!Watch them and be amazed and shocked.I will do something in your lifetimethat you won’t believe even when you are told about it.
6. I will use the Babylonians,those cruel and wild peoplewho march across the earthand take lands that don’t belong to them.