16 and to teach them that sin brings its own punishment.
17 With your own mighty arm, you made the world out of something that had no form, and so you could have sent a lot of bears or ferocious lions.
18 Or you could have created savage beasts just to punish them—beasts that breathe out fire and smoke and shoot sparks from their eyes,
19 killing people not only by the injuries they cause but by their very appearance.
20 In fact, you could have wiped out the Egyptians with a single breath, while you were scattering them with your power and treating them as they deserved. But you do everything fairly and according to the laws of nature that you created.
21 You always have the strength to do what you want, and no one can oppose you.
22 In your sight, the universe is merely a grain of sand that tips a balance scale or a drop of dew in the early morning.