<vn='1'><sn="6662">Righteous</s> art <sn="859">thou</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> I <sn="7378">plead</s><sn="413">with</s> thee: <sn="389">yet</s> let me <sn="1696">talk</s><sn="854">with</s> thee of thy <sn="4941">judgments</s>: <sn="4069">Wherefore</s> doth the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="6743">prosper</s>? wherefore are <sn="3605">all</s> they <sn="7951">happy</s> that deal very <sn="898 899">treacherously</s>? </v>
<vn='2'>Thou hast <sn="5193">planted</s> them, <sn="1571">yea</s>, they have taken <sn="8327">root</s>: they <sn="1980">grow</s>, <sn="1571">yea</s>, they bring <sn="6213">forth</s><sn="6529">fruit</s>: <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="7138">near</s> in their <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and <sn="7350">far</s> from their <sn="4480 3629">reins</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>But <sn="859">thou</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3045">knowest</s> me: thou hast <sn="7200">seen</s> me, and <sn="974">tried</s> mine <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="854">toward</s> thee: pull them <sn="5423">out</s> like <sn="6629">sheep</s> for the <sn="2878">slaughter</s>, and <sn="6942">prepare</s> them for the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="2028">slaughter</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>How <sn="5704 4970">long</s> shall the <sn="776">land</s><sn="56">mourn</s>, and the <sn="6212">herbs</s> of <sn="3605">every</s><sn="7704">field</s><sn="3001">wither</s>, for the <sn="4480 7451">wickedness</s> of them that <sn="3427">dwell</s> therein? the <sn="929">beasts</s> are <sn="5595">consumed</s>, and the <sn="5775">birds</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, He shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> our last <sn="319">end</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3588">If</s> thou hast <sn="7323">run</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="7273">footmen</s>, and they have <sn="3811">wearied</s> thee, then <sn="349">how</s> canst thou <sn="8474">contend</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="5483">horses</s>? and if in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="7965">peace</s>, wherein <sn="859">thou</s><sn="982">trustedst</s>, they wearied thee, then <sn="349">how</s> wilt thou <sn="6213">do</s> in the <sn="1347">swelling</s> of <sn="3383">Jordan</s>? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="1571">even</s> thy <sn="251">brethren</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="1571">even</s><sn="1992">they</s> have dealt <sn="898">treacherously</s> with thee; <sn="1571">yea</s>, <sn="1992">they</s> have <sn="7121">called</s> a <sn="4392">multitude</s><sn="310">after</s> thee: <sn="539">believe</s> them <sn="408">not</s>, <sn="3588">though</s> they <sn="1696">speak</s> fair <sn="2896">words</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee. </v>
<vn='7'>I have <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="1004">house</s>, I have <sn="5203">left</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="5159">heritage</s>; I have <sn="5414">given</s><sn="*853"></s> the dearly <sn="3039">beloved</s> of my <sn="5315">soul</s> into the <sn="3709">hand</s> of her <sn="341">enemies</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Mine <sn="5159">heritage</s><sn="1961">is</s> unto me as a <sn="738">lion</s> in the <sn="3293">forest</s>; it crieth <sn="5414 6963">out</s><sn="5921">against</s> me: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> have I <sn="8130">hated</s> it. </v>
<vn='9'>Mine <sn="5159">heritage</s> is unto me as a <sn="6641">speckled</s><sn="5861">bird</s>, the <sn="5861">birds</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> are <sn="5921">against</s> her; <sn="1980">come</s> ye, <sn="622">assemble</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2416">beasts</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>, <sn="857">come</s> to <sn="402">devour</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="7227">Many</s><sn="7462">pastors</s> have <sn="7843">destroyed</s> my <sn="3754">vineyard</s>, they have trodden my portion under <sn="947 *853 2513">foot</s>, they have <sn="5414">made</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="2532">pleasant</s><sn="2513">portion</s> a <sn="8077">desolate</s><sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>They have <sn="7760">made</s> it <sn="8077">desolate</s>, and being <sn="8076">desolate</s> it <sn="56">mourneth</s><sn="5921">unto</s> me; the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">land</s> is <sn="6213">made</s><sn="8074">desolate</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="369">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="7760">layeth</s> it <sn="5921">to</s><sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="7703">spoilers</s> are <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> high <sn="8205">places</s> through the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="398">devour</s> from the one <sn="4480 7097">end</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> even <sn="5704">to</s> the other <sn="7097">end</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>: <sn="369 3605">no</s><sn="1320">flesh</s> shall have <sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>They have <sn="2232">sown</s><sn="2406">wheat</s>, but shall <sn="7114">reap</s><sn="6975">thorns</s>: they have put themselves to <sn="2470">pain</s>, but shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3276">profit</s>: and they shall be <sn="954">ashamed</s> of your <sn="4480 8393">revenues</s> because of the <sn="4480 2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> mine <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7934">neighbors</s>, that <sn="5060">touch</s> the <sn="5159">inheritance</s><sn="834">which</s> I have caused <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="5157">inherit</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will pluck them <sn="5428">out</s><sn="4480 5921">of</s> their <sn="127">land</s>, and pluck <sn="5428">out</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> them. </v>
<vn='15'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, after <sn="310">that</s> I have plucked them <sn="5428 *853">out</s> I will <sn="7725">return</s>, and have <sn="7355">compassion</s> on them, and will bring them <sn="7725">again</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="5159">heritage</s>, and every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="518">if</s> they will diligently <sn="3925 3925">learn</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1870">ways</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>, to <sn="7650">swear</s> by my <sn="8034">name</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>; <sn="834">as</s> they <sn="3925">taught</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="7650">swear</s> by <sn="1168">Baal</s>; then shall they be <sn="1129">built</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>But <sn="518">if</s> they will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">obey</s>, I will utterly pluck <sn="5428 5428">up</s> and <sn="6">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>