^3 (A)But you, O Lord, know me;
    ^(B)you see me, and test my heart toward you.
^(C)Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for ^(D)the day of slaughter.

^4 (A)How long will the land mourn
    and the grass of every field wither?
^(B)For the evil of those who dwell in it
    ^(C)the beasts and the birds are swept away,
    because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”