1-2. Be patient and listen a little longerto what I am saying on God's behalf.
3. My knowledge is wide; I will use what I knowto show that God, my Creator, is just.
4. Nothing I say to you is false;you see before you a truly wise man.
5. How strong God is! He despises no one;there is nothing he doesn't understand.
6. He does not let sinners live on,and he always treats the poor with justice.
7. He protects those who are righteous;he allows them to rule like kingsand lets them be honoured for ever.
8. But if people are bound in chains,suffering for what they have done,