Job 34:19-29

19 He does not take the side of rulers nor favor the rich over the poor, for he created everyone.
20 We may suddenly die at night. God strikes us down and we perish; he kills the mighty with no effort at all.
21 He watches every step we take.
22 There is no darkness dark enough to hide a sinner from God.
23 God does not need to set a time for us to go and be judged by him.
24 He does not need an investigation to remove leaders and replace them with others.
25 Because he knows what they do; he overthrows them and crushes them by night.
26 He punishes sinners where all can see it,
27 because they have stopped following him and ignored all his commands.
28 They forced the poor to cry out to God, and he heard their calls for help.
29 If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face, we would be helpless.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Probable text] a time; [Hebrew] yet.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.