⁸ O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

¹⁰ And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

¹ I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

⁵ But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

⁶ God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?