That is what the wicked are like. They have plenty and are always getting more.

When I think of what has happened to me, I am stunned, and I tremble and shake.

My child, when the LORD corrects you, pay close attention and take it as a warning.

The LORD corrects those he loves, as parents correct a child of whom they are proud.

" LORD, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Yet I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed?

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bear fruit. They always speak well of you, yet they do not really care about you.

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

If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.

I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.