Jeremiah 12:1-3

New Living Translation

12 Lord, you always give me justice
    when I bring a case before you.
So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
    Why are evil people so happy?
² You have planted them,
    and they have taken root and prospered.
Your name is on their lips,
    but you are far from their hearts.
³ But as for me, Lord, you know my heart.
    You see me and test my thoughts.
Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered!
    Set them aside to be slaughtered!