⁹ For when they had been tried, though only mildly chastised,^(A)
    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.

² Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little,
    warn them, and remind them of the sins they are committing,
    that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, Lord!

²² Therefore to give us a lesson you punish our enemies with measured deliberation
    so that we may think earnestly of your goodness when we judge,
    and, when being judged, we may look for mercy.