⁸ Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

¹⁰ Now, our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,

¹ I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

⁵ But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.

⁶ May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?