8. “Indeed, I would appeal to God,and before God I would set forth my case,
9. who does the great and the inscrutable,wonders without number.
10. He gives rain on the surface of the earthand sends water on the outdoor places.
11. He sets on high those who are lowly,and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12. He frustrates the schemes of the crafty,so that their hands cannot perform their plans.
13. He catches the wise in their own craftiness,and the scheme of the shrewd is swiftly stopped.
14. In the daytime they encounter darkness,and at noontime they grope as in the night.
15. But the needy He saves from the sword,from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16. So the helpless has hope,and injustice shuts her mouth.