Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice (due) to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.