¹⁰ You wearied^(A) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’^(B)
You found renewal of your strength,^(C)
    and so you did not faint.

²⁵ Do not run until your feet are bare
    and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!^(A)
    I love foreign gods,^(B)
    and I must go after them.’^(C)

³ Lord, do not your eyes^(A) look for truth?
    You struck^(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.^(C)
They made their faces harder than stone^(D)
    and refused to repent.^(E)

¹³ Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,^(A)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?^(B)

¹² It has frustrated all efforts;
    its heavy deposit has not been removed,
    not even by fire.

⁵ Friend deceives friend,^(A)
    and no one speaks the truth.^(B)
They have taught their tongues to lie;^(C)
    they weary themselves with sinning.