Why dostthoushew me iniquity, and cause me to beholdgrievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are thatraise up strife and contention.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, thatbitter and hastynation, whichshallmarchthrough the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplacesthat are not theirs.
Theirhorsesalso are swifterthan the leopards, and are morefiercethan the eveningwolves: and theirhorsemenshallspreadthemselves, and theirhorsemenshallcomefrom far; theyshall fly as the eaglethathasteth to eat.
Art thou not fromeverlasting, O LORD my God, mineHoly One? we shall not die. O LORD, thouhastordainedthem for judgment; and, O mighty God, thouhastestablishedthem for correction.
Thou art of purereyesthan to beholdevil, and canst not look on iniquity: whereforelookestthouuponthemthatdealtreacherously, and holdest thy tonguewhen the wickeddevoureth the man that is morerighteousthan he?