²⁷ if I had not dreaded the taunting of the enemy.
I did not want their adversaries to misunderstand.
I did not want them to say,
“Our hand is high-and-mighty,
and the Lord has not done any of this.”
²⁸ For they are a nation that never takes advice,
and they understand nothing.
²⁹ If only they had been wise,
they would have comprehended this.
They would have understood
what the final outcome would be.