⁹     in all their distress.
It was no messenger or angel
    but his presence that saved them;
in his love and pity it was he who redeemed them;
    he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.^(A)

⁴⁴ Nevertheless, he regarded their distress
    when he heard their cry.^(A)
45 For their sake he remembered his covenant
    and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.^(B)

¹⁰     for forty years.
Therefore I was angry with that generation,
and I said, ‘They always go astray in their hearts,
    and they have not known my ways.’

14 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
    for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.^(A)
2 Take words with you
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all guilt;
accept that which is good,
    and we will offer
    the fruit^[a] of our lips.^(B)
3 Assyria shall not save us;
    we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”^(C)