"They will stumble and perish before you. The people of Israel said before the Lord of the Universe, 'Even if they have nothing in their hands but that sin which they have committed in your house, and they have defied you to your face, they will stumble and perish (before you).'"
"For you have executed my judgments and my statutes." This is one of the five paired expressions in the scripture: judgments and statutes, witnesses and testimonies, wild ox and unicorn, body and soul, elder and hoary head. Rabbi Joshua said in the name of Rabbi Idi, the Assembly of Israel said before the Holy One, blessed be He, "Lord of the Universe, we are indebted to you for the good deeds that we have done, and the nations of the world oppress us."