Job 34:10–25

¹⁰“Therefore, listen to me, you men with a heart of wisdom.

Far be it from God to ^ado injustice,

And from the Almighty to do wrong.

¹¹“For He pays a man according to ^ahis work,

And makes ¹him find it according to his way.

¹²“Truly, ^aGod will not act wickedly,

And the Almighty will not pervert justice.

¹³“Who ^aappointed Him with authority over the earth?

And who ^bhas laid on Him the whole world?

¹⁴“If He should set His heart on it,

If He should ^agather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

¹⁵All ^aflesh would breathe its last together,

And man would ^breturn to dust.

¹⁶“But if you have understanding, hear this;

Give ear to the sound of my speech.

¹⁷“Shall ^aone who hates justice ¹rule?

And ^bwill you condemn the righteous mighty One,

¹⁸Who says to a king, ‘Vile one,’

To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’;

¹⁹Who shows no ^apartiality to princes

Nor recognizes the rich above the poor,

For they all are the ^bwork of His hands?

²⁰“In a moment they die, and ^aat midnight

People are shaken and pass away,

And ^bthe mighty are taken away without a hand.

²¹“For ^aHis eyes are upon the ways of a man,

And He sees all his steps.

²²“There is ^ano darkness or shadow of death

Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

²³“¹For He does not ^aneed to consider a man further,

That he should go before God in judgment.

²⁴“He breaks in pieces ^amighty men without searching anything out,

And sets others in their place.

²⁵“Therefore He ^arecognizes their labors,

And ^bHe overthrows them in the night,

And they are crushed.