For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.
Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew: as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.
And the ground shall bring forth its increase: and the trees shall be filled with fruit.
Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.