God

And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

And they remember that God is their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.

And--they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

And He--the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on--and it returneth not.

How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.

When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress--A discharge of evil messengers.

He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.

And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,

And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,

And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.

And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.

And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.