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Why should you be like a scared man,
    as a mighty man who can’t save?
Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us,
    and we are called by your name.
    Don’t leave us.

10 Yahweh says to this people,

“Even so they have loved to wander.
    They have not restrained their feet.
Therefore Yahweh does not accept them.
    Now he will remember their iniquity,
    and punish them for their sins.”

11 Yahweh said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.

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Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a warrior powerless to save?(A)
You are among(B) us, Lord,
    and we bear your name;(C)
    do not forsake(D) us!

10 This is what the Lord says about this people:

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.(E)
So the Lord does not accept(F) them;
    he will now remember(G) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”(H)

11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray(I) for the well-being of this people.

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