8. And they dwelt in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,
9. If, when evil comes upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in your presence, (for your name is in this house,) and cry unto you in our affliction, then you will hear and help.
10. And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
11. Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
12. O our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon you.