¹² Lord, you have always been God,
    since the beginning.
You are the God that I worship as holy,
    and you will never die.
Lord, you have chosen the Babylonians
    as your weapon to punish your people.
You are a strong rock to protect us,
    but you have decided to use them to punish us.
¹³ But you are too holy to accept anything that is evil.
    You cannot agree with people who do wrong things.
So why do you let these wicked people live?
    Why do you say nothing?
They are killing people who are more righteous than themselves.
¹⁴ It seems that you have made people like fish in the sea.
    They are like animals that have no leader to rule them.