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Job 34:16-30

16If nowthou hastunderstandingH998, hearH8085 this:Hearken to the voiceH6963 of my wordsH4405.17Shall evenH637 oneH6662 that hateth justiceH4941 govern?And wilt thou condemnH7561 him that is righteousH6662 and mightyH3524?—18Himthat saith to a kingH4428, Thou art vile,Orto noblesH5081, Ye arewickedH7563;19That respecteth not the persons of princesH8269,Nor regardeth the rich more than the poorH1800;For they all are the workH4639 of his handsH3027.20In a momentH7281 they dieH4191, even at midnight;The peopleH5971 are shaken and passH5674 awayH5493,And the mightyH47 are taken awayH5493 without handH3027.21For his eyesH5869 are upon the waysH1870 of a manH376,And he seeth all his goings.22There is no darknessH2822, nor thick gloom,Where the workers of iniquity may hideH5641 themselves.23For he needeth not further to consider a manH376,That he should goH1980 before GodH410 in judgmentH4941.24He breaketh in pieces mightyH3524 men in ways past finding out,And setteth othersH312 in their stead.25ThereforeH3651 he taketh knowledge of their works;And he overturneth them in the nightH3915, soH3651 that they are destroyed.26He striketh them as wickedH7563 menIn the open sight of others;27Because they turnedH5493 asideH5493 from following him,And would not have regard in any of his waysH1870:28So that they caused the cryH6818 of the poorH6041 to comeH935 unto him,And he heardH8085 the cryH6818 of the afflictedH6041.29When he giveth quietnessH8252, who then can condemnH7561?And when he hideth his faceH6440, who then can behold him?AlikeH3162 whether it be done unto a nationH1471, or unto a manH120:30That the godlessH2611 manH120 reignH4427 not,That there be none to ensnare the peopleH5971.

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