Why be like a traveller[79] through the land,

Or wayfaring guest of a night?

Why art Thou as one that is stunned,—

Strong yet unable to save?

Yet Lord, Thou art in our midst,

[O'er us Thy Name hath been called]

Do not forsake us!

Thus saith the Lord of this people:—

So fond to wander are they,

Their feet they restrain not,