11. But we have become the tail. We have been afflicted, when we have
exerted ourselves; but we have been devoured by sinners[293] and the
ungodly; their yoke has been heavy upon us.
12. Those have exercised dominion over us who detest and who goad us;
and to those who hate us have we humbled our neck; but they have shown
no compassion towards us.
13. We have been desirous of escaping from them, that we might fly away
and be at rest; but we have found no place to which we could fly, and be
secure from them. We have sought an asylum with princes in our distress,
and have cried out to those who were devouring us; but our cry has not
been regarded, nor have they been disposed to hear our voice;
14. But rather to assist those who plunder and devour us; those who
diminish us, and hide their oppression; who remove not their yoke from
us, but devour, enervate, and slay us; who conceal our slaughter, nor
remember that they have lifted up their hands against us.
Footnote 286:
_in righteousness and in much goodness._
Footnote 287:
_They have seen all their days._
Footnote 288:
_in goodness._
Footnote 289:
_they saw not._
Footnote 290:
_shall be for every generation, even for ever._
Footnote 291:
_found._
Footnote 292:
_to see life._
Footnote 293:
_food for sinners._