Jeremiah’s Plea
aRighteous are You, O Yahweh, when I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would bspeak matters of justice with You:
Why has the cway of the wicked succeeded?
Why are all those who ddeal in treachery complacent?
2 You have aplanted them; they have also taken root;
They grow; they have even produced fruit.
You are bnear to their lips
But far from their inmost being.
3 But You, O Yahweh, You aknow me;
You see me;
And You btest my heart’s attitude toward You.
Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter
And set them apart for a cday of carnage!
4 How long is the aland to mourn
And the bplants of every field to dry up?
Because of the cevil of those who inhabit it,
dAnimals and birds have been swept away,
Because men have said, “He will not see our latter eending.”