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21 “Indeed, his eyes are upon the ways of man,
and he sees all his steps.
22 There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow
where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.
23 Indeed, he has not yet appointed a time for man
to go to God in the judgment.
24 He shatters the mighty without investigation,
and he sets others in their place.
25 Therefore he knows their works,
and he overturns them in the night
so that[a] they are crushed.
26 He strikes them where the wicked stood,[b]
where there are onlookers,[c]
27 because they have turned aside from him
and have not understood any of his ways,
28 so that they cause the cry of distress from the helpless to come to him,
and he hears the cry of distress from the needy,
29 but he remains quiet, and who can condemn?
And he hides his face, and who can behold him?
Yet[d] he is over a nation and over a person alike,
30 so that godless human beings should not reign,
nor those who ensnare the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:25 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 34:26 Literally “among the wicked”
  3. Job 34:26 Literally “in the place of seers”
  4. Job 34:29 Hebrew “And”

21 God’s eyes are on human ways,
    and he sees all their steps.
22 There’s no darkness, no deep darkness,
    where evildoers can hide themselves;
23     surely no time is set for a person
    to appear before God in judgment.
24 He shatters the mighty without examining them;
    makes others take their place.
25 Thus he regards their deeds,
    overturns them at night, and they are crushed.
26 He strikes them because of their wickedness
    at a place where people can see it.
27 Because they turned from following him
        and didn’t value all his ways,
28         causing the cry of the poor to reach him,
    he hears the cry of the afflicted.
29 Still, if he remains quiet, who can condemn;
    if he hides his face, who can see him?
30 He prevents a lawless person from ruling,
    from capturing people.

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