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9For he has said, ‘It profits one nothing     to take delight in God.’</div> <div class="poetry top-1">10“Therefore, hear me, you who have sense,     far be it from God that he should do wickedness,     and from the Almightya</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>] that he should do wrong. 11For according to their deeds he will repay them,     and according to their ways he will make it befall them. 12Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,     and the Almightyb</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>] will not pervert justice. 13Who gave him charge over the earth     and who laid on himc</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>] the whole world? 14If he should take back his spiritd</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>] to himself,     and gather to himself his breath, 15all flesh would perish together,     and all mortals return to dust.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">16“If you have understanding, hear this;     listen to what I say. 17Shall one who hates justice govern?     Will you condemn one who is righteous and mighty, 18who says to a king, ‘You scoundrel!’     and to princes, ‘You wicked men!’; 19who shows no partiality to nobles,     nor regards the rich more than the poor,     for they are all the work of his hands? 20In a moment they die;     at midnight the people are shaken and pass away,     and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">21“For his eyes are upon the ways of mortals,     and he sees all their steps. 22There is no gloom or deep darkness     where evildoers may hide themselves. 23For he has not appointed a timee</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>] for anyone     to go before God in judgment. 24He shatters the mighty without investigation,     and sets others in their place. 25Thus, knowing their works,     he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed. 26He strikes them for their wickedness     while others look on, 27because they turned aside from following him,     and had no regard for any of his ways, 28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him,     and he heard the cry of the afflicted— 29When he is quiet, who can condemn?     When he hides his face, who can behold him,     whether it be a nation or an individual?— 30so that the godless should not reign,     or those who ensnare the people.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">31“For has anyone said to God,     ‘I have endured punishment; I will not offend any more; 32teach me what I do not see;     if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’? 33Will he then pay back to suit you,     because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I;     therefore declare what you know.f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>] 34Those who have sense will say to me,     and the wise who hear me will say, 35‘Job speaks without knowledge,     his words are without insight.’ 36Would that Job were tried to the limit,     because his answers are those of the wicked. 37For he adds rebellion to his sin;     he claps his hands among us,     and multiplies his words against God.”</div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 34:10">Job 34:10</a> Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 34:12">Job 34:12</a> Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 34:13">Job 34:13</a> Heb lacks on him</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 34:14">Job 34:14</a> Heb his heart his spirit</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 34:23">Job 34:23</a> Cn: Heb yet</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 34:33">Job 34:33</a> Meaning of Heb of verses 29–33 uncertain</li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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