¹³ would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

²¹ Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

¹⁵ Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.

⁴ For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed `as' with the drought of summer. Selah

² For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

¹⁵ Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

¹¹ They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

⁹ I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.

¹⁰ Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.