13. You say: "What does God know?Can he judge through thick clouds?
14. Clouds conceal him so he can’t seewhile he walks on heaven’s rim."
15. Will you keep the ancient waytraveled by sinful persons,
16. who were snatched prematurelywhen a river flooded their foundations,
17. who say to God, "Turn away from us;what can the Almighty do to us?"
18. Yet he filled their houses with good things;a sinner’s logic is beyond me.
19. The righteous see and rejoice;the innocent mock them:
20. our enemies are certainly cut off;fire will devour what’s left of them.
21. Get along well with God and be at peace;from this something good will come to you.
22. Receive instruction from his mouth;put his words in your mind.
23. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;if you keep wrongdoing out of your tent.
24. Lay your prized possession in the dust,your gold from Ophir on a rock in a desert streambed.
25. The Almighty will be your prized possession,silver piled up for you.
26. Then you will take pleasure in the Almighty;lift up your face to God.
27. You will pray to him, and he will hear you;you will fulfill your solemn promises.
28. If you decree something, it will stand;light will shine on your ways.
29. When they’re humbled, you will say: "Cheer up;God will rescue the lowly.
30. He will deliver the guilty;they will be saved by your pure hands."