18. But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth.Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.
19. Could all your wealthor all your mighty effortskeep you from distress?
20. Do not long for the cover of night,for that is when people will be destroyed.
21. Be on guard! Turn back from evil,for God sent this sufferingto keep you from a life of evil.
22. “Look, God is all-powerful.Who is a teacher like him?
23. No one can tell him what to do,or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
24. Instead, glorify his mighty works,singing songs of praise.
25. Everyone has seen these things,though only from a distance.
26. “Look, God is greater than we can understand.His years cannot be counted.
27. He draws up the water vaporand then distills it into rain.