▼ Heb עַל־דַּעְתְּךָ (’al da’t^ekha, “upon your knowledge”). The use of the preposition means basically “in addition to your knowledge,” or “in spite of your knowledge,” i.e., “notwithstanding” or “although” (see GKC 383 #119.aa, n. 2).

▼ Heb “and there is no deliverer.”

▼ The fact is that humans are the work of God’s hands. They are helpless in the hand of God. But it is also unworthy of God to afflict his people.