28. Do not despise your portion, which you have redeemed for yourself out of Egypt.
29. Listen to my supplication, and be gracious to your lot and your token, and change our sorrow into gladness, so that, in living, we may praise your name, Lord; and do not close the mouths of those who sing to you."
30. Likewise, all Israel cried out to the Lord with the same intention and supplication because certain death was hanging over them.