26 ^aI would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,” ‡

27 Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, ^a“Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’ ‡

29 ^aOh, that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their ^blatter end! ‡

30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock ^ahad sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them? ‡