²¹ For his eyes are upon the ways of a man,
And he seeth all his goings.

²² There is no darkness, nor thick gloom,
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
²³ For he needeth not further to consider a man,
That he should go before God in judgment.
²⁴ He breaketh in pieces mighty men ^[a]in ways past finding out,
And setteth others in their stead.
²⁵ Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works;
And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are ^[b]destroyed.
²⁶ He striketh them as wicked men
^[c]In the open sight of others;
²⁷ Because they turned aside from following him,
And would not have regard in any of his ways:
^28 [d]So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him,
And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
²⁹ When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn?
And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?
Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man:
³⁰ That the godless man reign not,
That there be none to ensnare the people.