Job 34:10-30

10“Listen to me, you who have understanding. Everyone knows that God doesn’t sin! The Almighty can do no wrong.

11He repays people according to their deeds. He treats people as they deserve.

12Truly, God will not do wrong. The Almighty will not twist justice.

13Did someone else put the world in his care? Who set the whole world in place?

14If God were to take back his spirit and withdraw his breath,

15all life would cease, and humanity would turn again to dust.

16“Now listen to me if you are wise. Pay attention to what I say.

17Could God govern if he hated justice? Are you going to condemn the almighty judge?

18For he says to kings, ‘You are wicked,’ and to nobles, ‘You are unjust.’

19He doesn’t care how great a person may be, and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.

20In a moment they die. In the middle of the night they pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

21“For God watches how people live; he sees everything they do.

22No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes.

23We don’t set the time when we will come before God in judgment.

24He brings the mighty to ruin without asking anyone, and he sets up others in their place.

25He knows what they do, and in the night he overturns and destroys them.

26He strikes them down because they are wicked, doing it openly for all to see.

27For they turned away from following him. They have no respect for any of his ways.

28They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention. He hears the cries of the needy.

29But if he chooses to remain quiet, who can criticize him? When he hides his face, no one can find him, whether an individual or a nation.

30He prevents the godless from ruling so they cannot be a snare to the people.