then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.
Because he has stretched forth his hand against God, and bids defiance to the Almighty,
Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep thy word.
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of their many transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against thee.
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O Lord, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites;
Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners;