³ Yet you know me, Lord;
    you see me and test^(A) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep^(B) to be butchered!
    Set them apart for the day of slaughter!^(C)

⁴ How long will the land lie parched^(A)
    and the grass in every field be withered?^(B)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
    the animals and birds have perished.^(C)
Moreover, the people are saying,
    “He will not see what happens to us.”