<p class="poetry">Their land is full of gold and silver;p> <p class="poetry">there is no end to their wealth.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Their land is full of horses;p> <p class="poetry">there is no end to their chariots.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But these people are looted and plundered;p> <p class="poetry">all of them are trapped in pits<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and held captive<n id="2" /> in prisons.p> <p class="poetry">They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them;p> <p class="poetry">they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, &#8220;Bring that back!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> alone was guiding him,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">no foreign god was with him.p>

<p class="poetry">They are a nation devoid of wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">and there is no understanding among them.p>

<p class="poetry">They cry out,<n id="1" /> but there is no one to help them;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they cry out to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="3" /> but he does not answer them.p>

<p class="poetry">His children are far<n id="1" /> from safety,p> <p class="poetry">and they are crushed<n id="2" /> at the place where judgment is rendered,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">nor is there anyone to deliver them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does<n id="1" /> great and unsearchable<n id="2" /> things,p> <p class="poetry">marvelous things without<n id="3" /> number;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">although you know<n id="1" /> that I am not guilty,p> <p class="poetry">and that there is no one who can deliver<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">out of your hand?p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;If<n id="1" /> I cry out,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Violence!&#8217;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I receive no answer;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I cry for help,p> <p class="poetry">but there is no justice.p>

<p class="poetry">They spend the night naked because they lack clothing;p> <p class="poetry">they have no covering against the cold.p>

<p class="poetry">If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing,p> <p class="poetry">or a poor man without a coat,p>

<p class="poetry">There is no darkness, and no deep darkness,p> <p class="poetry">where evildoers can hide themselves.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Otherwise they will rip<n id="1" /> me<n id="2" /> to shreds like a lion;p> <p class="poetry">they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They cry out, but there is no one to help them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they cry out to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" /> but he does not answer them.p>

<p class="poetry">There is no actual speech or word,p> <p class="poetry">nor is its<n id="1" /> voice literally heard.p>

<p class="poetry">Evil men will soon disappear;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I am overcome with shame<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and my whole body is sick.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he will rescue the needy<n id="1" /> when they cry out for help,p> <p class="poetry">and the oppressed<n id="2" /> who have no defender.p>

<p class="poetry">They have made their blood flow like waterp> <p class="poetry">all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.<n id="1" />p>