11 You did sting them in order to remind them of the things that you had told them. But you came to their rescue quickly so that they might not fall into a deep forgetfulness of your goodwill toward them.
12 It wasn’t any herb or ointment that healed them but your word alone, Lord, which heals everything.
13 You have power over life and death. You lead people down to the gates of hell, and you bring them back up again.
14 Humans can indeed kill by their evil, but they can’t bring back the life that has expired or restore the spirit that has been taken away.
15 It is impossible to escape from your hand.
16 Even though the ungodly denied any knowledge of you, it was your strong arm that afflicted them. They were pursued by strange rainfalls that never stopped, and by hailstorms and downpours. They were pursued by a fire that consumed everything.
17 The most unusual thing about this fire was that it showed that it was stronger than water, which normally quenches any fire. Yet the universe itself comes to the defense of those who do what is right.