Acts 22:24: Shall we in time of need

Shall we in time of need
To human justice fly?
We lean upon a broken iced
Whoe'er on men rely:
They then deceive our hope
When we their help require,
And those that should the torrent stop
Assist to raise it higher.

Blameworthy they suppose
Whom all conspire to blame,
And used as guilty by our foes
As guilt) they condemn;
Rulers in proof receive
The crowd's tumultuous cry,
For whom they count unlit to live.
We must deserve to die.