7. And Joshua said, Alas, Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content and had remained beyond the Jordan!
8. Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
9. When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, they will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10. And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?