5. “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
6. He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
7. He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8. But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
9. he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
10. He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
11. If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
12. But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13. “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
14. They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
15. But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.