LORD, don't be angry and rebuke me! Don't punish me in your anger!

(SEE 15:17)

Come, LORD! Save me, my God! You punish all my enemies and leave them powerless to harm me.

Come and save me, LORD; in your mercy rescue me from death.

Save me by your power, O God; set me free by your might!

The disciples went to him and woke him up. "Save us, Lord!" they said. "We are about to die!"

But when he noticed the strong wind, he was afraid and started to sink down in the water. "Save me, Lord!" he cried.

God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.

If the LORD Almighty had not let some of the people survive, Jerusalem would have been totally destroyed, just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

The city that once was faithful is behaving like a whore! At one time it was filled with righteous people, but now only murderers remain.

Jerusalem, you were once like silver, but now you are worthless; you were like good wine, but now you are only water.

Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.

I was amazed when I looked and saw that there was no one to help me. But my anger made me strong, and I won the victory myself.

People of Jerusalem, run through your streets! Look around! See for yourselves! Search the marketplaces! Can you find one person who does what is right and tries to be faithful to God? If you can, the LORD will forgive Jerusalem.

It's hopeless! I am like a hungry person who finds no fruit left on the trees and no grapes on the vines. All the grapes and all the tasty figs have been picked.

There is not an honest person left in the land, no one loyal to God. Everyone is waiting for a chance to commit murder. Everyone hunts down their own people.

Such will be the spread of evil that many people's love will grow cold.

Everyone talks about how loyal and faithful he is, but just try to find someone who really is!

You go to court, but you do not have justice on your side. You depend on lies to win your case. You carry out your plans to hurt others.

We have rebelled against you, rejected you, and refused to follow you. We have oppressed others and turned away from you. Our thoughts are false; our words are lies.

There is so little honesty that those who stop doing evil find themselves the victims of crime." The LORD has seen this, and he is displeased that there is no justice.