17. We watched and watched,wore our eyes out looking for help. And nothing.We mounted our lookouts and lookedfor the help that never showed up.
18. They tracked us down, those hunters.It wasn’t safe to go out in the street.Our end was near, our days numbered.We were doomed.
19. They came after us faster than eagles in flight,pressed us hard in the mountains, ambushed us in the desert.
20. Our king, our life’s breath, the anointed of God,was caught in their traps—Our king under whose protectionwe always said we’d live.