89.  Who will cry aloud, Spare Thy People, O Lord, and give not Thine heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them?268    Joel ii. 17.  What Noah, and Job,269    Ezek. xiv. 14, 20. and Daniel, who are reckoned together as men of prayer, will pray for us, that we may have a slight respite from warfare, and recover ourselves, and recognize one another for a while, and no longer, instead of united Israel, be Judah270    Judah, etc., cf. Orat. vi. 7; xxxii. 4. and Israel, Rehoboam and Jeroboam, Jerusalem and Samaria, in turn delivered up because of our sins, and in turn lamented.

ΠΘʹ. Τίς βοήσεται, Φεῖσαι, Κύριε, τοῦ λαοῦ σου, καὶ μὴ δῷς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου εἰς ὄνειδος, τοῦ κατάρξαι αὐτῶν ἔθνη; Τίς περὶ ἡμῶν προσεύξεται Νῶε, καὶ Ἰὼβ, καὶ Δανιὴλ, οἱ συνευχόμενοι καὶ συναριθμούμενοι, ἵνα κοπάσῃ μικρὸν ἡμῖν ὁ πόλεμος, ἵνα γενώμεθα ἡμῶν αὐτῶν, ἵν' ἀλλήλους ποτὲ γνωρίσωμεν, ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν ἀνθ' ἑνὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ Ἰούδας καὶ Ἰσραὴλ, μηκέτι Ῥοβοὰμ καὶ Ἱεροβοὰμ, μηκέτι Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ Σαμάρεια, αἱ ἐν μέρει διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας παραδιδόμεναι, καὶ ἐν μέρει θρηνούμεναι;