12  “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,

or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.

22  You have seen, O Lord; be not ^lsilent!

O Lord, ^mbe not far from me!

12  “Hear my prayer, O Lord,

and give ear to my cry;

^whold not your peace at my tears!

For I am a ^xsojourner with you,

a guest, like all my fathers.

3  Our God comes; he does not ^pkeep silence;¹

^qbefore him is a ^rdevouring fire,

around him a mighty tempest.

21  These things you have done, and I have been silent;

you thought that I¹ was one like yourself.

But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

1  O God, do not ^kkeep silence;

do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

13  You who are of purer eyes than to see evil

and cannot look at wrong,

^jwhy do you idly look at traitors

and remain silent when the wicked swallows up

the man more righteous than he?