¹¹ He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble^(A) on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?^(B)

¹² But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?^(A)

⁷ And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why^(A) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?^(B) If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!