Job 34:16-30

16“If you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words:

17Should one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn Him who is most just?

18Is it fitting to say to a king, ‘You are worthless,’ And to nobles, ‘You are wicked’?

19Yet He is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; For they are all the work of His hands.

20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.

21“For His eyes are on the ways of man, And He sees all his steps.

22There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

23For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.

24He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.

25Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.

26He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,

27Because they turned back from Him, And would not consider any of His ways,

28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.

29When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?—

30That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.