Job 34:16–30

¹⁶If now thou hast understanding, ^xhear this:

Hearken to the voice of my words.

^17yShall even he that hateth right govern?

And wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

¹⁸Is it fit ^zto say to a king, Thou art ^awicked?

And to princes, Ye are ungodly?

¹⁹How much less to him that ^baccepteth not the persons of princes,

Nor regardeth the ^crich more than the poor?

For ^dthey all are the work of his hands.

^20eIn a moment shall they die,

And the people shall be troubled ^fat midnight, and pass away:

And the mighty shall be taken away ^gwithout hand.

^21hFor his eyes are upon the ways of man,

And he seeth all his ⁱgoings.

^22kThere is no darkness, nor ^lshadow of death,

Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

²³For he will not lay upon man more than right;

That he should enter into judgment with God.

²⁴He shall ^llbreak in pieces mighty men without number,

And set ^mothers in their stead.

²⁵Therefore he knoweth their works,

And he ⁿoverturneth them ^oin the night, so that they are destroyed.

²⁶He ^pstriketh them as wicked men

In the open sight of others;

²⁷Because they turned back from him,

And would not ^qconsider any of his ways:

²⁸So that they ^rcause the cry of the poor to come unto him,

And ^she heareth the cry of the afflicted.

²⁹When he ^tgiveth quietness, who then can make trouble?

And ^uwhen he hideth his face, who then can behold him?

Whether it be done against a nation,

Or against a man only:

³⁰That the hypocrite reign not,

Lest ^xthe people be ensnared.