Then He declaresto them their workAnd their transgressions,that they have magnifiedthemselves.
"I will sayto God,Do not condemnme; Let me knowwhyYou contendwith me.
Becausehe has stretchedout his handagainstGodAnd conductshimself arrogantlyagainstthe Almighty.
BeforeI was afflictedI wentastray,But nowI keepYour word.
It is goodfor me that I was afflicted,That I may learnYour statutes.
Holdthem guilty,O God;By their own deviceslet them fall!In the multitudeof their transgressionsthrustthem out, For they are rebelliousagainst You.
Blessedis the manwhomYou chasten,O LORD,And whom You teachout of Your law;
For our transgressionsare multipliedbeforeYou, And our sinstestifyagainst us; For our transgressionsare with us, And we knowour iniquities:
So Mosestookthe ransommoneyfrom those who were in excess,beyondthose ransomedby the Levites;
The Lawcamein sothat the transgressionwould increase;but wheresinincreased,graceabounded all the more,
But when we are judged,we are disciplinedby the Lordsothat we will not be condemnedalongwith the world.
It is a trustworthystatement,deservingfullacceptance,that ChristJesuscameinto the worldto savesinners,among whomI amforemost[of all].
