⁹ and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he saveth them -- Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother;

¹⁵ And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man -- shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;

¹³ And Othniel son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.

¹⁰ And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, saying, `We have sinned against Thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and serve the Baalim.'

⁷ And it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have cried unto Jehovah, concerning Midian,

²⁷ and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

³ and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, for he hath nine hundred chariots of iron, and he hath oppressed the sons of Israel mightily twenty years.

¹⁶ And Jehovah raiseth up judges, and they save them from the hand of their spoilers;

¹³ And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them.

¹⁴ He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

¹⁵ They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.

¹⁶ For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.

¹⁷ Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

¹⁸ All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,

¹⁹ And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them,

⁴¹ And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them,

⁴² And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand.

⁴³ Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

⁴⁴ And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

³⁴ If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

⁵ Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

¹⁰ and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.