Cavallotti then began against him a pitiless campaign of defamation.
Sion is urged to cry to the Lord in protest against His pitiless work (verses 18-22).
But he massacred his enemies in cold blood, and exacted vengeance with pitiless and calculated cruelty; he sacrificed everything to his own ambition and the triumph of his party.
Pitted against him are the increasingly lawless motorcycle gangs, made up of pitiless thugs and outlaws.
He led in person several armies into Italy, and proved as severe and pitiless towards his enemies as he was gentle and clement towards his subjects.