"To the conductor, do not destroy, a psalm of Asaph. This is what is written (Deuteronomy 4:31): For the Lord your God is a merciful God, etc., and (Psalms 28:9): Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; and tend them, and carry them forever. Asaph said before the Holy One, blessed be He, 'Just as You acted towards Moses, so do for us, the conductor; do not destroy.' He said before Him, 'Master of the Universe, chastise me as one chastises his son,' as it is written (Deuteronomy 8:5): As a man chastises his son, so the Lord your God chastises you.
He said before Him, 'You did not perform miracles for us and we praised You. Do for us and we will again praise You, and Your Name is close upon our lips. Tell of Your wonders.' When should we recount them?
'I will take a set time,' when He brings it, as it is written (Daniel 12:7): For a set time, times, and a half, and so on. At that time, I will render judgment. 'The earth and all its inhabitants totter,' but I have set its pillars firmly. Selah.
I have sustained the world by what you have said (Exodus 24:7): We will do and we will hear.' Similarly, the Holy One, blessed be He, says to Isaiah (Isaiah 51:16): And I have put My words in your mouth, and I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens and to found the earth, and to say to Zion, 'You are My people.'"