Job 34:10–25

¹⁰“Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:

far be it from God that he should ^odo wickedness,

and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

¹¹For according to ^pthe work of a man he will repay him,

and ^qaccording to his ways he will make it befall him.

¹²Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,

and ^rthe Almighty will not pervert justice.

¹³Who gave him charge over the earth,

and who ^slaid on him¹ the whole world?

¹⁴If he should ^tset his heart to it

and ^ugather to himself his ^vspirit and his breath,

¹⁵all flesh would perish together,

and man would ^wreturn to dust.

¹⁶“If you have understanding, hear this;

listen to what I say.

^17xShall one who hates justice govern?

Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

¹⁸who ^ysays to a king, ‘Worthless one,’

and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’

¹⁹who ^zshows no partiality to princes,

nor regards the rich ^amore than the poor,

for ^bthey are all the work of his hands?

²⁰In a moment ^cthey die;

at ^dmidnight the people are shaken and pass away,

and the mighty are taken away by ^eno human hand.

²¹“For his eyes are on ^fthe ways of a man,

and he sees all his ^fsteps.

²²There is no ^ggloom or ^hdeep darkness

where evildoers may hide themselves.

²³For God² has no need to consider a man further,

that he should go before God in ⁱjudgment.

²⁴He ^jshatters the mighty without investigation

and sets ^lothers in their place.

²⁵Thus, knowing their works,

he ^moverturns them in the night, and they are crushed.