³⁴ Whenever God slew them, they would seek^(A) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their Rock,^(B)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.^(C)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,^(D)
    lying to him with their tongues;
³⁷ their hearts were not loyal^(E) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

⁴¹ Again and again they put God to the test;^(A)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.^(B)

⁵⁶ But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.

⁵⁷ Like their ancestors^(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.^(B)