10. “So listen to me, you who can understand.God can never do wrong!It is impossible for the Almighty to do evil.
11. God pays people back for what they have doneand gives them what their actions deserve.
12. Truly God will never do wrong;the Almighty will never twist what is right.
13. No one chose God to rule over the earthor put him in charge of the whole world.
14. If God should decideto take away life and breath,
15. then everyone would die togetherand turn back into dust.
16. “If you can understand, hear this;listen to what I have to say.
17. Can anyone govern who hates what is right?How can you blame God who is both fair and powerful?
18. God is the one who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’or to important people, ‘You are evil.’
19. He is not nicer to princes than other people,nor kinder to rich people than poor people,because he made them all with his own hands.
20. They can die in a moment, in the middle of the night.They are struck down, and then they pass away;powerful people die without help.