Job 34:16-30

16“If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say.

17Can someone who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One?

18Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

19who shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

20They die in an instant, in the middle of the night; the people are shaken and they pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

21“His eyes are on the ways of mortals; he sees their every step.

22There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness, where evildoers can hide.

23God has no need to examine people further, that they should come before him for judgment.

24Without inquiry he shatters the mighty and sets up others in their place.

25Because he takes note of their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

26He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them,

27because they turned from following him and had no regard for any of his ways.

28They caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy.

29But if he remains silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he is over individual and nation alike,

30to keep the godless from ruling, from laying snares for the people.