Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all {things};

O LORD our God, {other} lords beside thee have had dominion over us: {but} by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. {sorrow: or, begin} {a...: or, in a little while}

Now these {are} the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, {even} as many {of Israel} as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. {bring...: Heb. diminish me}

Behold, we {are} servants this day, and {for} the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we {are} servants in it:

Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all {things}: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

Behold, we {are} servants this day, and {for} the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we {are} servants in it:

O LORD our God, {other} lords beside thee have had dominion over us: {but} by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. {poor: or, afflicted}