<p class="poetry">How long, <sc>Lordsc>, must I cry for help?p> <p class="poetry">But you do not listen!p> <p class="poetry">I call out to you, &#8220;Violence!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">But you do not intervene!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">His appetite<n id="2" /> is as big as Sheol&#8217;s;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like death, he is never satisfied.p> <p class="poetry">He gathers<n id="4" /> all the nations;p> <p class="poetry">he seizes<n id="5" /> all peoples.p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason the law lacks power,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and justice is never carried out.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="3" /> the wicked intimidate<n id="4" /> the innocent.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason justice is perverted.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the message is a witness to what is decreed;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Even if the message<n id="3" /> is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for it will certainly come to pass &#8211; it will not arrive late.p>