Job 34:2-22

2“Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who understand.3For 1the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.4Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us understand among ourselves what is good.5For Job has said, ‘2I am righteous, But 3God has taken away my right;64Should I lie about my right? My 56wound is incurable, though I am without wrongdoing.’7What man is like Job, Who 7drinks up derision like water,8Who goes 8in company with the workers of injustice, And walks with wicked people?9For he has said, ‘9It is of no use to a man When he becomes friends with God.’

10“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to 10do evil, And from the Almighty to do wrong.11For He repays a person for 11his work, And lets things happen in correspondence to a man’s 12behavior.1213God certainly will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.13Who 14gave Him authority over the earth? And who 15has placed the whole world on Him?14If He were to 16determine to do so, If He were to 17gather His 18spirit and His breath to Himself,151920Humanity would perish together, And mankind would 21return to dust.

16“But if you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words.17Shall 22one who hates justice rule? And 23will you condemn the righteous mighty One,18Who says to a king, ‘You worthless one,’ To nobles, ‘You wicked one’;19Who shows no 24partiality to the prominent, Nor regards the rich as above the poor, Since they are all the 25work of His hands?20In a moment they die, and 26at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And 27the powerful are taken away without a hand.

21“For 28His eyes are upon the ways of a person, And He sees all his steps.22There is 29no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of injustice can hide themselves.