Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have exceeded.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.
For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
Destroy them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against you.
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.