You have not explained all of your mysteries,
but you catch and punish me each time I sin.
But he alone is God, and who can oppose him? God does as he pleases,
and he will do exactly what he intends with me.
to my left or my right. God is always at work, though I never see him.
People of Israel, your God is a mystery, though he alone can save.
I create light and darkness, happiness and sorrow. I, the LORD, do all of this.
No one can do anything without the Lord's approval.
Who can measure the wealth and wisdom and knowledge of God? Who can understand his decisions or explain what he does?
God did this according to his eternal plan. And he was able to do what he had planned because of all that Christ Jesus our Lord had done.
Don't you understand? I am the only God; there are no others. I am the one who takes life and gives it again. I punished you with suffering. But now I will heal you, and nothing can stop me!
