^5 (A)Then the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.

²³ But the Lord was ^(A)gracious to them, had compassion on them, and ^(B)regarded them, ^(C)because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence.