23. For He will not lay upon man more than right,that he should enter into judgment with God.
24. He will break in pieces mighty men without number,and set others in their place.
25. Therefore He knows their works,and He overturns them in the nightso that they are destroyed.
26. He strikes them as wicked menin the open sight of others,
27. because they turned back from Himand would not consider any of His ways,
28. so that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him;and He hears the cry of the afflicted.
29. When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble?And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,whether it is done against a nation or against a man only?
30. That the hypocrite should not reign,lest the people be ensnared.
31. “Should anyone say to God,‘I have borne chastisement, I will offend no more;
32. teach me what I do not see;if I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
33. Should it be according to your mind?He will repay it, whether you refuse or whether you choose,and not I; therefore speak what you know.
34. “Let men of understanding say to me,wise men who listen to me:
35. ‘Job has spoken without knowledge,and his words were without wisdom.’