²² Listen! The sound is getting louder,
    a mighty uproar from the land of the north;
    it will reduce the towns of Judah to ruins,
        a den for wild dogs.
²³ I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own,
    that we’re not able to direct our paths.
²⁴ So correct me, Lord, but with justice,
    not in your anger,
        or else you will reduce me to nothing.