1You are righteous, LORD, when I dispute with you; yet I will talk with you about your justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? All treacherous people are at ease; they have betrayed.2You planted them, and they take root; they make fruit. You are near in their mouth but far from their heart.3And you, LORD, know me; you see me and have tested my heart toward you. Set them up like sheep for slaughter and consecrate them for a day of slaughter.4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field dry up because of the evil of those who dwell in it? The beasts and birds are swept away because they say, "He will not see our end."