The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.

Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.

Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.

Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

“At that time Jacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished, and he will become skin and bones.

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!