<p class="poetry">If the wicked are shown mercy,p> <p class="poetry">they do not learn about justice.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not see the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s majesty revealed.p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> say to the visionaries, &#8220;See no more visions!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and to the seers, &#8220;Don&#8217;t relate messages to us about what is right!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Tell us nice things,p> <p class="poetry">relate deceptive messages.<n id="3" />p>