29 Oh, that they were wise! Oh, that they could understand! Oh, that they would know what they are getting into! 30 How could one single enemy chase a thousand of them, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had abandoned them, Unless the Lord had destroyed them? 31 But the rock of other nations Is not like our Rock; Prayers to their gods are valueless. 32 They act like men of Sodom and Gomorrah: Their deeds* are bitter with poison; 33 They drink the wine of serpent venom. 34 But Israel* is my special people, Sealed as jewels within my treasury. 35 Vengeance is mine, And I decree the punishment of all her enemies: Their doom is sealed. 36 The Lord will see his people righted, And will have compassion on them when they slip. He will watch their power ebb away, Both slave and free. 37 Then God will ask, ‘Where are their gods— The rocks they claimed to be their refuge? 38 Where are these gods now, To whom they sacrificed their fat and wine? Let those gods arise, And help them!
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