13. Who hath given Him right to rule the earth? Or who hath appointed Him over the tevel?
14. If He should so determine, if He gather unto Himself His Ruach and His Neshamah,
15. All basar would perish together, and adam would return unto aphar.
16. If now thou hast binah, hear this: pay heed to the kol (voice) of my words.
17. Shall even one that hateth mishpat (right) govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is Tzaddik and Kabir (the Mighty One)?
18. Is it fit to say to a melech, Thou art beli'ya'al? And to nobles, Ye are rasha.
19. Who shows no partiality to sarim (princes), nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the ma'aseh (work) of His hands.
20. In a moment shall they die, and at chatzot lailah the people shall be shaken, and pass away, and the mighty shall be taken away without human hand.
21. For His eyes are upon the darkhei ish and He seeth all his goings.
22. There is no choshech, nor tzalmavet, where the po'alei aven (evildoers) may hide themselves.
23. For He does not need to consider an ish further for anyone to go before El in mispat (judgment).
24. He shall break in pieces kabirim (mighty men) without investigation, and sets acherim (others) in their place.
25. Therefore He knoweth their works, and He overthroweth them in the lailah, so that they are crushed.
26. He striketh them as resha'im in the open sight of others;
27. Because they turned back from following Him, and would not regard any of His drakhim;
28. So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the aniyim.