He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies.

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you!

Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you!

If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments,

You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it will not reach you.

Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,

He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.

The water covered their enemies; not even one of them survived.

They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them to do.

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.