22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into kcorners: so they possessed the land of lSihon, and the land of the king of mHeshbon, and the land of nOg king of Bashan. 23 Their children also multipliedst thou as othe stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. 24 So pthe children went in and possessed the land, and qthou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them †as they would. 25 And they took strong cities, and a rfat land, and possessed shouses full of all goods, ||wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and †fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and tbecame fat, and delighted themselves in uthy great goodness. 26 Nevertheless xthey were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and ycast thy law behind their backs, and zslew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought agreat provocations. 27 bTherefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to cthy manifold mercies thou gavest them dsaviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest, †ethey did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and fmany times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they gdealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, h(which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and †withdrew the shoulder, and ihardened their neck, and would not hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou †forbear them, and ktestifiedst against them by thy spirit †lin thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: mtherefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. 31 Nevertheless for nthy great mercies’ sake othou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a pgracious and qmerciful God. 32 Now therefore, our God, the rgreat, the mighty, and the terrible God, swho keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the †trouble seem little before thee, †that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, tsince the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. 33 Howbeit uthou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but xwe have done wickedly: 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. 35 For they yhave not served thee in their kingdom, and in zthy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and zfat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. 36 Behold, awe are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: 37 And bit yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this cwe make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, †seal unto it.