Job 34:2-22

2“Hear my words, you wise men; give ear to me, you men of learning.

3For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.

4Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us learn together what is good.

5“For Job says, ‘I am righteous, but God has deprived me of justice.

6Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.’

7What man is like Job, who drinks mockery like water,

8who keeps company with evildoers, and walks with wicked men?

9For he says, ‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’

10“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding: Wickedness is far from God, injustice from Shaddai

11For He repays a person for what he has done, and brings on the person what he deserves.

12“Truly God does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

13Who appointed Him over the earth? Who put Him over the whole world?

14“If He were to set His heart on it, and gather to Himself His Ruach and breath,

15all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to dust.

16“Now if you have understanding, hear this; give ear to the sound of my words.

17Can someone who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the mighty, righteous One?

18Who says to a king, ‘Worthless man’ and to nobles, ‘Wicked men’!

19Who shows no partiality before princes, and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.

20They die in a moment, at midnight, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed without a hand.

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

22There is no gloom and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.