6. He does not keep the wicked alive, but He gives justice to the afflicted.
7. He does not remove His gaze from the righteous,but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,and they are exalted.
8. If people are bound with chainsand trapped by the cords of affliction,
9. God tells them what they have doneand how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10. He opens their ears to correctionand insists they repent from iniquity.
11. If they serve Him obediently,they will end their days in prosperityand their years in happiness.
12. But if they do not obey,they will cross the river of death and die without knowledge.
13. Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
14. They die in their youth;their life ends among male cult prostitutes.
15. God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;He instructs them by their torment.
16. Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distressto a spacious and unconfined place.Your table was spread with choice food.
17. Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;judgment and justice have seized you.
18. Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large ransom lead you astray.
19. Can your wealth or all your physical exertionkeep you from distress?
20. Do not long for the nightwhen nations will disappear from their places.