Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.