Righteous{H6662} art thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} when I contend{H7378} with thee; yet would I reason{H1696} the cause{H4941} with thee: wherefore doth the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} prosper?{H6743} wherefore are all they at ease{H7951} that deal very{H899} treacherously?{H898}

Thou hast planted{H5193} them, yea, they have taken root;{H8327} they grow,{H3212} yea, they bring forth{H6213} fruit:{H6529} thou art near{H7138} in their mouth,{H6310} and far from{H7350} their heart.{H3629}

But thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} knowest{H3045} me; thou seest{H7200} me, and triest{H974} my heart{H3820} toward thee: pull them out{H5423} like sheep{H6629} for the slaughter,{H2878} and prepare{H6942} them for the day{H3117} of slaughter.{H2028}

How long shall the land{H776} mourn,{H56} and the herbs{H6212} of the whole country{H7704} wither?{H3001} for the wickedness{H7451} of them that dwell{H3427} therein, the beasts{H929} are consumed,{H5595} and the birds;{H5775} because they said,{H559} He shall not see{H7200} our latter end.{H319}

If thou hast run{H7323} with the footmen,{H7273} and they have wearied{H3811} thee, then how canst thou contend{H8474} with horses?{H5483} and though in a land{H776} of peace{H7965} thou art secure,{H982} yet how wilt thou do{H6213} in the pride of the Jordan?{H3383}

For even thy brethren,{H251} and the house{H1004} of thy father,{H1} even they have dealt treacherously{H898} with thee; even they have cried{H7121} aloud{H4392} after{H310} thee: believe{H539} them not, though they speak{H1696} fair words{H2896} unto thee.

I have forsaken{H5800} my house,{H1004} I have cast{H5203} off my heritage;{H5159} I have given{H5414} the dearly beloved{H3033} of my soul{H5315} into the hand{H3709} of her enemies.{H341}

My heritage{H5159} is become unto me as a lion{H738} in the forest:{H3293} she hath uttered{H5414} her voice against me; therefore I have hated{H8130} her.

Is my heritage{H5159} unto me as a speckled{H6641} bird{H5861} of prey? are the birds{H5861} of prey against her round about?{H5439} go{H3212} ye, assemble{H622} all the beasts{H2416} of the field,{H7704} bring{H857} them to devour.{H402}

Many{H7227} shepherds{H7462} have destroyed{H7843} my vineyard,{H3754} they have trodden{H947} my portion{H2513} under foot,{H947} they have made{H5414} my pleasant{H2532} portion{H2513} a desolate{H8077} wilderness.{H4057}

They have made{H7760} it a desolation;{H8076} it mourneth{H56} unto me, being desolate;{H8077} the whole land{H776} is made desolate,{H8074} because no man{H376} layeth{H7760} it to heart.{H3820}

Destroyers{H7703} are come{H935} upon all the bare heights{H8205} in the wilderness;{H4057} for the sword{H2719} of Jehovah{H3068} devoureth{H398} from the one end{H7097} of the land{H776} even to the other end{H7097} of the land:{H776} no flesh{H1320} hath peace.{H7965}

They have sown{H2232} wheat,{H2406} and have reaped{H7114} thorns;{H6975} they have put themselves to pain,{H2470} and profit{H3276} nothing: and ye shall be ashamed{H954} of your fruits,{H8393} because of the fierce{H2740} anger{H639} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} against all mine evil{H7451} neighbors,{H7934} that touch{H5060} the inheritance{H5159} which I have caused my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} to inherit:{H5157} behold, I will pluck them up from off{H5428} their land,{H127} and will pluck up{H5428} the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} from among{H8432} them.

And it shall come to pass, after{H310} that I have plucked them up,{H5428} I will return{H7725} and have compassion{H7355} on them; and I will bring them again,{H7725} every man{H376} to his heritage,{H5159} and every man{H376} to his land.{H776}

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently{H3925} learn{H3925} the ways{H1870} of my people,{H5971} to swear{H7650} by my name,{H8034} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth;{H2416} even as they taught{H3925} my people{H5971} to swear{H7650} by Baal;{H1168} then shall they be built{H1129} up in the midst{H8432} of my people.{H5971}

But if they will not hear,{H8085} then will I pluck{H5428} up{H5428} that nation,{H1471} plucking up{H5428} and destroying it, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}