But they shall be his servants. Then they will know what it is to serve me and what it is to serve the kingdoms of the earth.
Today we are slaves! As for the land which you gave our ancestors That they might eat its fruits and good things— see, we have become slaves upon it!
Their enemies oppressed them, kept them under subjection.
Lord, our God, lords other than you have ruled us; only because of you can we call upon your name.
Correct me, Lord, but with equity, not in anger, lest you diminish me.
Even though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them together; They will soon succumb under the burden of king and princes.
These are the nations the Lord allowed to remain, so that through them he might test Israel, all those who had not experienced any of the Canaanite wars—
to teach warfare to those generations of Israelites who had never experienced it: