“‘When people fall down, don’t they get up again?
    When they discover they’re on the wrong road, don’t they turn back?

¹⁶ The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again.
    But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.

⁸ Do not gloat over me, my enemies!
    For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.

² “The virgin Israel has fallen,
    never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
    with no one to help her up.”

¹⁰ Their arrogance testifies against them,
    yet they don’t return to the Lord their God
    or even try to find him.

3 “If a man divorces a woman
    and she goes and marries someone else,
he will not take her back again,
    for that would surely corrupt the land.
But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers,
    so why are you trying to come back to me?”
    says the Lord.

⁷ Let the wicked change their ways
    and banish the very thought of doing wrong.
Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them.
    Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.