3. they withstood enemies and warded off their foes.
4. When they thirsted, they called upon you,and water was given them from the sheer rock,a quenching of their thirst from the hard stone.
5. For by the things through which their foes were punishedthey in their need were benefited.
6. Instead of a river’s perennial source,troubled with impure blood
7. as a rebuke to the decree for the slaying of infants,You gave them abundant water beyond their hope,