23 I know, Lord,

that a person’s way of life is not his own;

no one who walks determines his own steps.d

24 Discipline me, Lord, but with justice—

not in your anger,e

or you will reduce me to nothing.

25 Pour out your wrath on the nations

that don’t recognize you

and on the families

that don’t call on your name,

for they have consumed Jacob;

they have consumed him and finished him off

and made his homeland desolate.f