9 because many of them got what they deserved, when they died from the bites of locusts and flies.
10 But you were merciful to your children and healed them from poisonous snake bites,
11 so that they would remember your teachings and never forget your kindness.
12 Medicine isn't what healed them. Only your word can heal,
13 because you rule both life and death and possess the power to give life or to take it away.
14 It's easy enough for us humans to kill another in anger, but we don't have the power to bring back a departed spirit or to set a soul free from the world of the dead.
15 No one can escape from you, our God.