10. Therefore, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee
11. or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
12. Is not God in the height of the heavens? Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13. And thou shalt say, What does God know? How can he judge through the darkness?
14. Thick clouds are his hiding place, and he does not see; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
15. Dost thou desire to keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16. Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood.
17. Who said unto God, Depart from us; and what can the Almighty do unto us?
18. He had filled their houses with good things. Therefore, the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19. The righteous shall see it and be glad; and the innocent laughs them to scorn.
20. Whereas our substance was not cut down, when the fire had consumed the rest of them.
21. Make up thy friendship now with him, and thou shalt have peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.
22. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
23. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tent;
24. then thou shalt lay up gold as dust and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25. And the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.