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How long, LORD, have I called for help, And You do not hear? I cry out to You, "Violence!" Yet You do not save.

O Lord , how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

Why do You make me see disaster, And make me look at destitution? Yes, devastation and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises.

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Therefore the Law is ignored, And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out confused.

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.