Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.

He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.

His priests fell by the sword,
but the widows could not lament.

Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.

He led them by the right path
to go to a city where they could live.

It was good for me to be afflicted
so that I could learn Your statutes.

Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?