5
Thou hast executed true judgments in all that thou hast brought upon us and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers, for in truth and justice thou hast brought all this upon us because of our sins.
6
For we have sinfully and lawlessly departed from thee, and have sinned in all things and have not obeyed thy commandments;
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we have not observed them or done them, as thou hast commanded us that it might go well with us.
8
So all that thou hast brought upon us, and all that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment.
9
Thou hast given us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful rebels, and to an unjust king, the most wicked in all the world.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.