He sent swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land.

He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.

Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness.”

Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.

and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord!

The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.