2 How long, ADONAI, have I cried for help, yet You do not hear? I cry out to You — ‘Violence!’ yet You do not deliver.

3 Why do You show me wickedness, and why must I behold mischief? Yes, devastation and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention arises.

4 Therefore, Torah has no effect, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked encircle the righteous Therefore justice comes out perverted.