When he slew them, they began to seek him; they again looked for God.
Lord, oppressed by your punishment, we cried out in anguish under your discipline.
The feet of the needy trample on it— the feet of the poor.
You who dwell on Lebanon, who nest in the cedars, How you shall groan when pains come upon you, like the pangs of a woman in childbirth!
I will go back to my place until they make reparation and seek my presence. In their affliction, they shall look for me.
They have not cried to me from their hearts when they wailed upon their beds; For wheat and wine they lacerated themselves; they rebelled against me.
Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned in complaining against the Lord and you. Pray to the Lord to take the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people,
But the Israelites cried out to the Lord; for with his nine hundred iron chariots Jabin harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.