Because of your great anger, you have picked me up and thrown me away.
You can make yourself strong for war, but God will defeat you. He has the power to help you or to defeat you.”
The Lord defends the humble, but he throws the wicked to the ground.
I confess my guilt; I am troubled by my sin.
My body is sick from your punishment. Even my bones are not healthy because of my sin.
You correct and punish people for their sins; like a moth, you destroy what they love. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah
When I remember these things, I speak with a broken heart. I used to walk with the crowd and lead them to God’s Temple with songs of praise.
Jerusalem says, “The Lord is right, but I refused to obey him. Listen, all you people, and look at my pain. My young women and men have gone into captivity.
The crown has fallen from our head. How terrible it is because we sinned.
We know that the law’s commands are for those who have the law. This stops all excuses and brings the whole world under God’s judgment,
We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed.