Because I fear God's punishment, I could never do such a thing.

Pour out your anger on them; let your indignation overtake them.

But you, LORD, are feared by all. No one can stand in your presence when you are angry.

Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring?

When he is angry, who can survive? Who can survive his terrible fury? He pours out his flaming anger; rocks crumble to dust before him.

But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed.

Some people keep on doing good, and seek glory, honor, and immortal life; to them God will give eternal life.

There will be suffering and pain for all those who do what is evil, for the Jews first and also for the Gentiles.

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

This is how Almighty God punishes wicked, violent people.

Those who survive will die from disease, and even their widows will not mourn their death.

Young men were killed in war, and young women had no one to marry.

Priests died by violence, and their widows were not allowed to mourn.

May his children become orphans, and his wife a widow!

There are more widows in your land than grains of sand by the sea. I killed your young men in their prime and made their mothers suffer. I suddenly struck them with anguish and terror.

But now, LORD, let their children starve to death; let them be killed in war. Let the women lose their husbands and children; let the men die of disease and the young men be killed in battle.

Our fathers have been killed by the enemy, and now our mothers are widows.

Give to others, and God will give to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands---all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you."