34:13 Who entrusted 1 to him the earth?
And who put him over 2 the whole world?
34:14 If God 3 were to set his heart on it, 4
and gather in his spirit and his breath,
34:15 all flesh would perish together
and human beings would return to dust.
34:16 “If you have 5 understanding, listen to this,
hear what I have to say. 6
34:17 Do you really think 7
that one who hates justice can govern? 8
And will you declare guilty
the supremely righteous 9 One,
34:18 who says to a king, 10 ‘Worthless man’ 11
and to nobles, ‘Wicked men,’
34:19 who shows no partiality to princes,
and does not take note of 12 the rich more than the poor,
because all of them are the work of his hands?
34:20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, 13
people 14 are shaken 15 and they pass away.
The mighty are removed effortlessly. 16
34:21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual,
he observes all a person’s 17 steps.
34:22 There is no darkness, and no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves. 18
34:23 For he does not still consider a person, 19
that he should come before God in judgment.
34:24 He shatters the great without inquiry, 20
and sets up others in their place.
34:25 Therefore, he knows their deeds,
he overthrows them 21 in the night 22
and they are crushed.
34:26 He strikes them for their wickedness, 23
in a place where people can see, 24
34:27 because they have turned away from following him,
and have not understood 25 any of his ways,
34:28 so that they caused 26 the cry of the poor
to come before him,
so that he hears 27 the cry of the needy.
34:29 But if God 28 is quiet, who can condemn 29 him?
If he hides his face, then who can see him?
Yet 30 he is over the individual and the nation alike, 31
34:30 so that the godless man should not rule,
and not lay snares for the people. 32
34:31 “Has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured chastisement, 33
but I will not act wrongly any more.
34:32 Teach me what I cannot see. 34
If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
34:33 Is it your opinion 35 that God 36 should recompense it,
because you reject this? 37
But you must choose, and not I,
so tell us what you know.