14  For a long time ^sI have held my peace;

I have kept still and restrained myself;

now I will cry out like a woman in labor;

I will gasp and pant.

11  Whom did you dread and fear,

so that you lied,

and did not remember me,

did not lay it to heart?

^aHave I not held my peace, even for a long time,

and you do not fear me?

1  For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,

until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,

and her salvation as a burning torch.

12  Will you ^xrestrain yourself at these things, O Lord?

Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?

6  Behold, it is written before me:

“I will not ^ekeep silent, but I will repay;

I will indeed repay into their lap