⁸ Slaves are now our rulers,
and there is no one
    to set us free.
⁹ We are in danger
    from brutal desert tribes;
we must risk our lives
    just to bring in our crops.^[a]
10 Our skin is scorched
    from fever and hunger.

⁸ Slaves are now our rulers,
and there is no one
    to set us free.
⁹ We are in danger
    from brutal desert tribes;
we must risk our lives
    just to bring in our crops.^[a]
10 Our skin is scorched
    from fever and hunger.