¹⁰ “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to ^(H)do evil,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.
¹¹ For He repays a person for ^(I)his work,
And lets things happen in correspondence to a man’s ^[c]behavior.
^12 (J)God certainly will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
¹³ Who ^(K)gave Him authority over the earth?
And who ^(L)has placed the whole world on Him?
¹⁴ If He were to ^[d]determine to do so,
If He were to ^(M)gather His ^[e]spirit and His breath to Himself,
^15 [f](N)Humanity would perish together,
And mankind would ^(O)return to dust.

¹⁶ “But if you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words.
¹⁷ Shall ^(P)one who hates justice rule?
And ^(Q)will you condemn the righteous mighty One,
¹⁸ Who says to a king, ‘You worthless one,’
To nobles, ‘You wicked one’;
¹⁹ Who shows no ^(R)partiality to the prominent,
Nor regards the rich as above the poor,
Since they are all the ^(S)work of His hands?
²⁰ In a moment they die, and ^(T)at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And ^(U)the powerful are taken away without a hand.

²¹ “For ^(V)His eyes are upon the ways of a person,
And He sees all his steps.
²² There is ^(W)no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of injustice can hide themselves.
²³ For He does not ^(X)need to consider a person further,
That he should go before God in judgment.
²⁴ He breaks in pieces the ^(Y)mighty without investigation,
And sets others in their place.
²⁵ Therefore He ^(Z)knows their deeds,
And ^(AA)He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.
²⁶ He ^(AB)strikes them like the wicked
^[g]In a public place,
²⁷ Because they ^(AC)turned aside from following Him,
And ^(AD)had no regard for any of His ways,
²⁸ So that they caused ^(AE)the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He would ^(AF)hear the cry of the afflicted—
²⁹ When He keeps quiet, who can condemn?
And when He hides His face, who then can look at Him,
That is, regarding both nation and a person?—
³⁰ So that ^(AG)godless people would not rule,
Nor be snares for the people.

³¹ “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured punishment;
I will not offend anymore;
³² Teach me what I do not see;
If I have ^(AH)done wrong,
I will not do it again’?
³³ Shall God ^(AI)repay on your terms, because you have rejected His?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.
³⁴ Men of understanding will say to me,
And a wise man who hears me,
³⁵ ‘Job ^(AJ)speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom.
³⁶ Oh that Job were tested ^[h]to the limit,
Because ^[i]he answers ^(AK)like sinners.
³⁷ For he adds ^(AL)rebellion to his sin;
He ^(AM)claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.’”

⁹ “Because of the ^(AU)multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm ^(AV)of the mighty.
¹⁰ But ^(AW)no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who ^(AX)gives songs in the night,
¹¹ Who ^(AY)teaches us more than the animals of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
¹² There ^(AZ)they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil people.
^13 (BA)God certainly will not listen to ^[k]an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
¹⁴ How much less when ^(BB)you say you do not look at Him,
The ^(BC)case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
¹⁵ And now, because He has not avenged His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged ^[l]wrongdoing well,
¹⁶ So Job opens his mouth with empty words;
He multiplies words ^(BD)without knowledge.”