⁷² And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;^(A)
    with skillful hands he led them.

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?^(A)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?^(B)
32 Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten^(C) me,
    days without number.
³³ How skilled you are at pursuing^(D) love!
    Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
³⁴ On your clothes is found
    the lifeblood^(E) of the innocent poor,
    though you did not catch them breaking in.^(F)
Yet in spite of all this
³⁵     you say, ‘I am innocent;^(G)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment^(H) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’^(I)
36 Why do you go about so much,
    changing^(J) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt^(K)
    as you were by Assyria.
³⁷ You will also leave that place
    with your hands on your head,^(L)
for the Lord has rejected those you trust;
    you will not be helped^(M) by them.

⁴ By your wisdom and understanding
    you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
    in your treasuries.^(A)
5 By your great skill in trading^(B)
    you have increased your wealth,^(C)
and because of your wealth
    your heart has grown proud.^(D)

“‘Because you think you are wise,
    as wise as a god,
⁷ I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;^(E)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom^(F)
    and pierce your shining splendor.^(G)
8 They will bring you down to the pit,^(H)
    and you will die a violent death^(I)
    in the heart of the seas.^(J)