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Are You not from ^(C1)time everlasting, LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. You, LORD, have ^(C2)appointed them to deliver judgment; And You, O ^(C3)Rock, have destined them to punish.

Your eyes are too ^(C1)pure to look at evil, And You cannot look at harm favorably. Why do You ^(C2)look favorably At those who deal ^(C3)treacherously? Why are You ^(C4)silent when the wicked ^(C5)swallow up Those more righteous than they?

Why have You made people like the fish of the sea, Like crawling things that have no ruler over them?

The Chaldeans ^(C1)bring all of them up with a hook, ^(C2)Drag them away with their net, And gather them together in their fishing net. Therefore they rejoice and are joyful.

Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And ^(F1)burn incense to their fishing net, Because through ^(C1)these things their ^(F2)catch is ^(F3)large, And their food is ^(F4)plentiful.

Will they therefore empty their ^(C1)net, And continually ^(C2)slay nations without sparing?

I will ^(C1)stand at my guard post And station myself on the watchtower; And I will ^(C2)keep watch to see ^(C3)what He will say to me, And how I may reply ^(F1)when I am reprimanded.