⁷ That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works of God: and may seek his commandments.

⁸ That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

⁹ The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.