18 The Lord informed me, so I knew.

Then you helped me to see their deeds,

19 for I was like a docileG lamb led to slaughter.ad

I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:

“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;A

let’s cut him off from the land of the livinga

so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

20 But, Lord of Armies, who judges righteously,

who testsb heartB and mind,c

let me see your vengeance on them,

for I have presented my case to you.d