8
showing by their thirst at that time how thou didst punish their enemies.
9
For when they were tried, though they were being disciplined in mercy, they learned how the ungodly were tormented when judged in wrath.
10
For thou didst test them as a father does in warning, but thou didst examine the ungodly as a stern king does in condemnation.
11
Whether absent or present, they were equally distressed,
12
for a twofold grief possessed them, and a groaning at the memory of what had occurred.
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.