He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.

Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed.

Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.

He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory.

make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.

I will be secure, for I seek your precepts.

My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.

to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

This is the message the Lord previously announced about Moab.

“This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: This year you will eat what grows wild, and next year what grows on its own. But the year after that you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce.

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will restore the people of Judah to their land and to their towns. When I do, they will again say of Jerusalem, ‘May the Lord bless you, you holy mountain, the place where righteousness dwells.’

I continually think about this, and I am depressed.