Your great anger lies heavy on me. All the waves of your anger have crashed over me.
If I become proud, you hunt me down like a lion. You show your mighty power against me.
The Mighty One has shot me with his arrows. I have to drink their poison. God’s terrors are aimed at me.
You were very angry with me. So you picked me up and threw me away.
Day and night you punished me. I became weaker and weaker as I do in the heat of summer.
Lord, don’t correct me when you are angry. Don’t punish me when you are burning with anger.
You have sent wave upon wave of trouble over me. It roars down on me like a waterfall. All your waves and breakers have rolled over me.
I’m worn out from calling for help. My throat is very dry. My eyes grow tired looking for my God.
Your anger destroys us. Your burning anger terrifies us.
You threw me deep into the Mediterranean Sea. I was deep down in its waters. They were all around me. All your rolling waves were sweeping over me.
I said, ‘I have been driven away from you. But I will look again toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’
Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life. Anyone who does not believe in the Son will not have life. God’s anger remains on them.”
“He himself carried our sins” in his body on the cross. (Isaiah 53:5) He did it so that we would die as far as sins are concerned. Then we would lead godly lives. “His wounds have healed you.” (Isaiah 53:5)