6 Instead of a river’s perennial source,troubled with impure blood
7 as a rebuke to the decree for the slaying of infants,You gave them abundant water beyond their hope,
8 after you had shown by the thirst they experiencedhow you punished their adversaries.
9 For when they had been tried, though only mildly chastised,they recognized how the wicked, condemned in anger, were being tormented.
10 You tested your own people, admonishing them as a father;but as a stern king you probed and condemned the wicked.
11 Those near and far were equally afflicted:
12 for a twofold grief took hold of themand a groaning at the remembrance of the ones who had departed.