13. And thou sayest, What doth ·God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
14. Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
15. Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
16. Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
17. Who said unto ·God Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
18. Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19. The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn: