12:1 Righteous
are
you,
O
LORD,
when
I
complain
to
you;
yet
I
would
plead
my
case
before
you.
Why
does
the
way
of
the
wicked
prosper
Why
do
all
who
are
treacherous
thrive
12:2 You
plant
them,
and
they
take
root;
they
grow
and
produce
fruit;
you
are
near
in
their
mouth
and
far
from
their
heart.
12:3 But
you,
O
LORD,
know
me;
you
see
me,
and
test
my
heart
toward
you.
Pull
them
out
like
sheep
for
the
slaughter,
and
set
them
apart
for
the
day
of
slaughter.
12:4 How
long
will
the
land
mourn
and
the
grass
of
every
field
wither
For
the
evil
of
those
who
dwell
in
it
the
beasts
and
the
birds
are
swept
away,
because
they
said,
"He
will
not
see
our
latter
end."
12:5 "If
you
have
raced
with
men
on
foot,
and
they
have
wearied
you,
how
will
you
compete
with
horses
And
if
in
a
safe
land
you
are
so
trusting,
what
will
you
do
in
the
thicket
of
the
Jordan
12:6 For
even
your
brothers
and
the
house
of
your
father,
even
they
have
dealt
treacherously
with
you;
they
are
in
full
cry
after
you;
do
not
believe
them,
though
they
speak
friendly
words
to
you."
12:7 "I
have
forsaken
my
house;
I
have
abandoned
my
heritage;
I
have
given
the
beloved
of
my
soul
into
the
hands
of
her
enemies.
12:8 My
heritage
has
become
to
me
like
a
lion
in
the
forest;
she
has
lifted
up
her
voice
against
me;
therefore
I
hate
her.
12:9 Is
my
heritage
to
me
like
a
hyena's
lair
Are
the
birds
of
prey
against
her
all
around
Go,
assemble
all
the
wild
beasts;
bring
them
to
devour.
12:10 Many
shepherds
have
destroyed
my
vineyard;
they
have
trampled
down
my
portion;
they
have
made
my
pleasant
portion
a
desolate
wilderness.
12:11 They
have
made
it
a
desolation;
desolate,
it
mourns
to
me.
The
whole
land
is
made
desolate,
but
no
man
lays
it
to
heart.
12:12 Upon
all
the
bare
heights
in
the
desert
destroyers
have
come,
for
the
sword
of
the
LORD
devours
from
one
end
of
the
land
to
the
other;
no
flesh
has
peace.
12:13 They
have
sown
wheat
and
have
reaped
thorns;
they
have
tired
themselves
out
but
profit
nothing.
They
shall
be
ashamed
of
their
harvests
because
of
the
fierce
anger
of
the
LORD."
12:14 Thus
says
the
LORD
concerning
all
my
evil
neighbors
who
touch
the
heritage
that
I
have
given
my
people
Israel
to
inherit:
"Behold,
I
will
pluck
them
up
from
their
land,
and
I
will
pluck
up
the
house
of
Judah
from
among
them.
12:15 And
after
I
have
plucked
them
up,
I
will
again
have
compassion
on
them,
and
I
will
bring
them
again
each
to
his
heritage
and
each
to
his
land.
12:16 And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
if
they
will
diligently
learn
the
ways
of
my
people,
to
swear
by
my
name,
'As
the
LORD
lives,'
even
as
they
taught
my
people
to
swear
by
Baal,
then
they
shall
be
built
up
in
the
midst
of
my
people.
12:17 But
if
any
nation
will
not
listen,
then
I
will
utterly
pluck
it
up
and
destroy
it,
declares
the
LORD."