Do return,O LORD;howlong[will it be]? And be sorryfor Your servants.
And He rememberedHis covenantfor their sake, And relentedaccording to the greatnessof His lovingkindness.
For the LORDwill judgeHis peopleAnd will havecompassionon His servants.
For thereis nomentionof You in death;In Sheolwhowill giveYou thanks?
Howlong,O God,will the adversaryrevile,[And] the enemyspurnYour nameforever?
O God[of] hosts,turnagainnow,we beseechYou; Lookdownfrom heavenand see,and takecareof thisvine,
Even the shootwhichYour righthandhas planted,And on the sonwhom You have strengthenedfor Yourself.
Howlong,O LORD?Will You hideYourself forever?Will Your wrathburnlikefire?
"Whyshould the Egyptiansspeak,saying,'With evil[intent] He broughtthem out to killthem in the mountainsand to destroythem from the faceof the earth?Turnfrom Your burningangerand changeYour mindabout[doing] harmto Your people.
So the LORDchangedHis mindaboutthe harmwhichHe saidHe would doto His people.
Why,O LORD,do You cause us to strayfrom Your waysAnd hardenour heartfrom fearingYou? Returnfor the sakeof Your servants,the tribesof Your heritage.
"And it will comeabout that afterI have uprootedthem, I will againhavecompassionon them; and I will bringthem back,eachoneto his inheritanceand eachoneto his land.
Howcan I giveyou up, O Ephraim?How can I surrenderyou, O Israel?Howcan I makeyou like Admah?How can I treatyou like Zeboiim?My heartis turnedoverwithinMe, AllMy compassionsare kindled.
The LORDchangedHis mindaboutthis."It shall not be," saidthe LORD.
The LORDchangedHis mindaboutthis."Thistooshall not be," saidthe LordGOD.
"Whoknows,Godmay turnand relentand withdrawHis burningangerso that we will not perish."
Thereforethussaysthe LORD,"I will returnto Jerusalemwith compassion;My housewill be builtin it," declaresthe LORDof hosts,"and a measuringlinewill be stretchedoverJerusalem."'
When it cameto rest,he said,"Return,O LORD,[To] the myriadthousandsof Israel."
"For the LORDwill vindicateHis people,And will havecompassionon His servants,WhenHe seesthat [their] strengthis gone,And thereis none[remaining], bondor free.
