6. The wild donkeys stand on the hilltopsand pant for breath like jackals;their eyesight fails thembecause they have no food.
7. My people cry out to me,‘Even though our sins accuse us,help us, Lord, as you have promised.We have turned away from you many times;we have sinned against you.
8. You are Israel's only hope;you are the one who saves us from disaster.Why are you like a stranger in our land,like a traveller who stays for only one night?
9. Why are you like someone taken by surprise,like a soldier powerless to help?Surely, Lord, you are with us!We are your people;do not abandon us.’ ”
10. The Lord says about these people, “They love to run away from me, and they will not control themselves. So I am not pleased with them. I will remember the wrongs they have done and punish them because of their sins.”
11. The Lord said to me, “Do not ask me to help these people.