Lord, if you punished people for all their sins, no one would be left, Lord.
Lord, God of Israel, by your goodness a few of us are left alive today. We admit that we are guilty and none of us should be allowed to stand before you.”
If I sinned, you would watch me and would not let my sin go unpunished.
“How can anyone be pure? How can someone born to a woman be good?
Even if I were right, my own mouth would say I was wrong; if I were innocent, my mouth would say I was guilty.
Don’t judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.
You are feared; no one can stand against you when you are angry.
We all have wandered away like sheep; each of us has gone his own way. But the Lord has put on him the punishment for all the evil we have done.
No one can stay alive when he is angry; no one can survive his strong anger. His anger is poured out like fire; the rocks are smashed by him.
No one can live through that time; no one can survive when he comes. He will be like a purifying fire and like laundry soap.
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at how stubborn these people are, and don’t look at their sin and evil.
The great day for their anger has come, and who can stand against it?”