God Is Impartial and Omniscient

34:16 “If you have26 understanding, listen to this,

hear what I have to say.27

34:17 Do you really think28

that one who hates justice can govern?29

And will you declare guilty

the supremely righteous30 One,

34:18 who says to a king,31 ‘Worthless man’32

and to nobles, ‘Wicked men,’

34:19 who shows no partiality to princes,

and does not take note of33 the rich more than the poor,

because all of them are the work of his hands?

34:20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night,34

people35 are shaken36 and they pass away.

The mighty are removed effortlessly.37

34:21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual,

he observes all a person’s38 steps.

34:22 There is no darkness, and no deep darkness,

where evildoers can hide themselves.39

34:23 For he does not still consider a person,40

that he should come before God in judgment.

34:24 He shatters the great without inquiry,41

and sets up others in their place.

34:25 Therefore, he knows their deeds,

he overthrows them42 in the night43

and they are crushed.

34:26 He strikes them for their wickedness,44

in a place where people can see,45

34:27 because they have turned away from following him,

and have not understood46 any of his ways,

34:28 so that they caused47 the cry of the poor

to come before him,

so that he hears48 the cry of the needy.

34:29 But if God49 is quiet, who can condemn50 him?

If he hides his face, then who can see him?

Yet51 he is over the individual and the nation alike,52

34:30 so that the godless man should not rule,

and not lay snares for the people.53