Answer me when I pray, O God, my defender! When I was in trouble, you helped me. Be kind to me now and hear my prayer.

Help us, LORD! There is not a good person left; honest people can no longer be found.

(SEE 15:17)

Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury.

O LORD, don't punish me in your anger!

"In the time of Noah I promised never again to flood the earth. Now I promise not to be angry with you again; I will not reprimand or punish you.

I gave my people life, and I will not continue to accuse them or be angry with them forever.

Correct your people, LORD, but do not be too hard on us or punish us when you are angry; that would be the end of us.

I will come to you and save you. I will destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not destroy you. I will not let you go unpunished; but when I punish you, I will be fair. I, the LORD, have spoken."

If we would examine ourselves first, we would not come under God's judgment.

But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.