If I have any success and feel proud,\par you hunt me like a person hunts a lion.\par You again show your power against me.\par
Psalm 88:7 - Easy To Read Version God, you were angry at me,\par and you punished me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [501]})\i0 \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [Ps. 42:7.] American Standard Version (1901) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah Common English Bible Your anger smothers me; you subdue me with it, wave after wave. Selah Catholic Public Domain Version For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God? |
If I have any success and feel proud,\par you hunt me like a person hunts a lion.\par You again show your power against me.\par
God All-Powerful’s arrows are in me.\par My spirit feels the poison\par from those arrows!\par God’s terrible weapons are lined up\par against me.\par
Why? Because you are angry at me, Lord.\par You lifted me up\par and then you threw me away.\par
God, you made life harder and harder on me, day and night.\par I became like a dry, dry land in the hot summertime.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [199]})\i0 \par
Lord, don’t criticize me in anger.\par Don’t discipline me in anger.\par
I hear the crashing of the water\par as water from deep in the earth\par spills over the waterfall.\par Lord, your waves are crashing\par all around me and washing over me! {\cf2\super [262]} \par
I am getting weak from calling for help.\par My throat is hurting.\par I have waited and looked for help from you\par until my eyes are hurting.\par
“You threw me into the sea.\par Your powerful waves splashed over me.\par I went down, down into the deep sea.\par The water was all around me.\par
Then I thought,\par ‘Now I must go where you cannot see me.’\par But I continued looking to your holy temple {\cf2\super [9]} for help.\par
The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”
Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his (Christ’s) wounds you were healed.