the irony is

the difference between what God tells us, and what we tell God.

he says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." psalm 46

and we tell him..

-psalm 83.

and the difference between the two is 37 verses what we call humour, or perhaps, love.
(because only love can make up for the shortfall.)

when the divine sparks off contact with the meagre, there's a strange sort of exchange.