Why should you be like a man confused,
    (A)like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet (B)you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
    and (C)we are called by your name;
    (D)do not leave us.”

10 Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
“They have loved to wander thus;
    they have not restrained their feet;
(E)therefore the Lord does not accept them;
    (F)now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins.”

11 The Lord said to me: (G)“Do not pray for the welfare of this people.

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Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a warrior powerless to save?(A)
You are among(B) us, Lord,
    and we bear your name;(C)
    do not forsake(D) us!

10 This is what the Lord says about this people:

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.(E)
So the Lord does not accept(F) them;
    he will now remember(G) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”(H)

11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray(I) for the well-being of this people.

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