13. Lord, our God, lords other than you have ruled us;only because of you can we call upon your name.
14. Dead they are, they cannot live,shades that cannot rise;Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them,and wiped out all memory of them.
15. You have increased the nation, Lord,you have increased the nation, have added to your glory,you have extended far all the boundaries of the land.
16. Lord, oppressed by your punishment,we cried out in anguish under your discipline.
17. As a woman about to give birthwrithes and cries out in pain,so were we before you, Lord.