12. You will give us prosperity, Lord;everything that we achieveis the result of what you do.
13. Lord our God, we have been ruled by others,but you alone are our Lord.
14. Now they are dead and will not live again;their ghosts will not rise,for you have punished them and destroyed them.No one remembers them any more.
15. Lord, you have made our nation grow,enlarging its territory on every side,and this has brought you honour.
16. You punished your people, Lord,and in anguish they prayed to you.
17. You, Lord, have made us cry out,as a woman in labour cries out in pain.
18. We were in pain and agony,but we gave birth to nothing.We have won no victory for our land;we have accomplished nothing.