Nehemiah 9:28, 33

“But as soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people turned and cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them many times!

Every time you punished us you were being just. We have sinned greatly, and you gave us only what we deserved.