Deuteronomy 32:26-30

‘I would have said, “I will wipe them out, I will remove the mention of their name from humanity,”

Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant, And the Lord has not performed all this.” ’

“For they are a nation destitute of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

“If only they were wise and they understood this; If only they would discern their future!

“How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had given them up?