^{5 Ref} Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,

^{6 Ref} They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

^{7 Ref} And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

^{8 Ref} Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

^{9 Ref} Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

^{10 Ref} He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

^{11 Ref} The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.