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Job 34:16-30

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16“But if you have understanding, hear this;

Listen to the sound of my words.

17“Shall one who hates justice rule?

And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,

18Who says to a king, ‘You worthless one,’

To nobles, ‘You wicked one’;

19Who shows no partiality to the prominent,

Nor regards the rich as above the poor,

Since they are all the work of His hands?

20“In a moment they die, and at midnight

People are shaken and pass away,

And the powerful are taken away without a hand.

21“For His eyes are upon the ways of a person,

And He sees all his steps.

22“There is no darkness or deep shadow

Where the workers of injustice can hide themselves.

23“For He does not need to consider a person further,

That he should go before God in judgment.

24“He breaks in pieces the mighty without investigation,

And sets others in their place.

25“Therefore He knows their deeds,

And He overthrows them in the night,

And they are crushed.

26“He strikes them like the wicked

In a public place,

27Because they turned aside from following Him,

And had no regard for any of His ways,

28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,

And that He would hear the cry of the afflicted—

29When He keeps quiet, who can condemn?

And when He hides His face, who then can look at Him,

That is, regarding both nation and a person?—

30“So that godless people would not rule,

Nor be snares for the people.