8. O Hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble,why are you like a stranger to us?Why are you like a traveler passing through the land,stopping only for the night?
9. Are you also confused?Is our champion helpless to save us?You are right here among us, lord.We are known as your people.Please don’t abandon us now!”
10. So this is what the lord says to his people:“You love to wander far from meand do not restrain yourselves.Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people.Now I will remember all your wickednessand will punish you for your sins.”
11. Then the lord said to me, “Do not pray for these people anymore.