Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
{\b For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.}\par\par\tab The fool hath said in his heart,\par\tab There is no God.\par\tab Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity;\par\tab There is none that doeth good.
Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.