15 You have added to the nation, Lord.(A)
You have added to the nation; you are honored.
You have expanded all the borders of the land.(B)
16 Lord, they went to you in their distress;(C)
they poured out whispered prayers
because your discipline fell on them.[a]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pains,(D)
so we were before you, Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:16 Hb obscure

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