It is a stiff-necked people, and therefore need thy glorious and powerful presence to rule them. Or rather, though it be a stiff-necked people, as thou sayest, yet forsake them not. The Hebrew particle chi oft signifies though, as Exodus 5:11 Isaiah 44:6. Take us for thine inheritance, i.e. deal with us as men do with their inheritances, dwell among us, protect us, improve us.

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