17. But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked,judgment and justice take hold of you.
18. Be careful that no one entices you with riches;do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
19. Would your wealth sustain you,so that you would not be in distress,even all your mighty efforts?
20. Do not long for the cover of nightto drag people away from their homes.
21. Take heed, do not turn to evil,for because of this you have been tested by affliction.
22. Indeed, God is exalted in his power;who is a teacher like him?
23. Who has prescribed his ways for him?Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?
24. Remember to extol his work,which people have praised in song.
25. All humanity has seen it;people gaze on it from afar.
26. “Yes, God is great – beyond our knowledge!The number of his years is unsearchable.
27. He draws up drops of water;they distill the rain into its mist,
28. which the clouds pour downand shower on humankind abundantly.
29. Who can understand the spreading of the clouds,the thunderings of his pavilion?