Job 34:18-34

¹⁸God, who says to a king, 'You are vile,' or says to nobles, 'You are wicked'?

¹⁹God, who does not show favoritism to leaders and does not acknowledge rich people more than poor, for they all are the work of his hands.

²⁰In a moment they will die; at midnight people will be shaken and will pass away; mighty people will be taken away, but not by human hands.

²¹For God's eyes are upon a person's ways; he sees all his steps.

²²There is no darkness, no thick gloom where the doers of iniquity may hide themselves.

²³For God does not need to examine a person further; there is no need for any person to go before him in judgment.

²⁴He breaks mighty men into pieces for their ways that need no further investigation; he puts others in their places.

²⁵In this way he has knowledge of their deeds; he overthrows these people in the night; they are destroyed.

²⁶In the open sight of others, he kills them for their wicked deeds like criminals

²⁷because they turned away from following him and refused to acknowledge any of his ways.

²⁸In this way, they made the cry of poor people come to him; he heard the cry of afflicted people.

²⁹When he stays silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can perceive him? He rules over nation and individual alike,

³⁰so that a godless man may not rule, so that there may be no one to entrap people.

³¹Suppose someone says to God, 'I am certainly guilty, but I will not sin any longer;

³²teach me what I cannot see; I have committed sin, but I will do it no longer.'

³³Do you think that God will punish that person's sin, since you dislike what God does? You must choose, not I. So say what it is that you know.

³⁴Men of understanding will say to me— indeed, every wise man who hears me will say,