17. O Lord, why have You made us [able] to err from Your ways and hardened our hearts to [reverential] fear of You? Return [to bless us] for Your servants' sake, the tribes of Your heritage.
18. Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary but a little while; our adversaries have trodden it down.
19. We have become [to You] like those over whom You never exercised rule, like those who were not called by Your name.