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That they might set, in Elohim, their confidence, - And not forget the doings of El, But, his commandments, might observe;

They kept not the covenant of God, And, in his law, refused to walk;

And forgat His doings, And his wonders which he had showed them:

Lo! he hath smitten a rock, And waters, have gushed out, Yea, torrents, have rushed along, - Food also, can he give? Or provide flesh for his people?

Because, They believed not in God, Nor trusted in his salvation;

He let loose an east wind in the heavens, Then guided he, in his might, a south wind;

For all this, sinned they still, And believed not in his wonders;

But, their heart, was not fixed with him, Nor were they trusty in his covenant:

Yet, he, full of compassion, would put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity, and not destroy, - Yea, many a time, turned he back his anger, And would not stir up all his wrath.

They remembered not his hand - The day, When he ransomed them from the adversary;

When he set, in Egypt, his signs, And his wonders, in the plain of Zoan;

He sent among them the heat of his anger, Wrath and indignation and distress, - A mission of messengers of misfortune:

He leveled a path for his anger, Withheld not, from death, their soul, But, their life - to the pestilence, he delivered:

And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;

Then brought he them within his own holy bounds, The mountain-range, which his right hand made his own:

But they tested and resisted God Most High, And, his testimonies, did not observe;

Yea he gave up, into captivity, his strength, And his beauty into the hand of an adversary;

And delivered up, to the sword, his people, And, with his own inheritance, was he wroth;

His young men, were devoured by fire, And, his virgins, were not praised in song;

His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.