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who is neither partial toward princes nor favors the rich over the poor, since they all are the work of his hands.
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They may die in a moment, in the middle of the night -the people are shaken and pass away, the mighty are removed without human hands.
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For he keeps watch on a person's ways; he sees his every step.
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There is no darkness, no death-like gloom, where wrongdoers can hide;
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for he doesn't give warning to people when they must appear before God in judgment.
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He shatters the mighty without needing to investigate and sets up others in their place.
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Therefore, aware of what they are doing, he overturns them by night, and they are crushed.
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He strikes them as if they were common criminals in the open sight of others,
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because they turned away from following him and gave no thought to any of his ways,
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thereby bringing before him the cries of the poor; and he hears the cries of the oppressed.
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"But if God is silent, who can accuse him; if he hides his face, who can see him? He may do this to nations and persons alike,
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so that godless men will not become kings, and the people will not be lured into traps.
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"For has anyone said to God, 'I have been chastised without having offended;
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teach me what I have failed to see; and if I have done wrong, I will do it no more'?
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Must his rewards meet your approval? Well, you are the one who doesn't like them, so you, not I, should pick the alternative; come on, say what you think!
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Intelligent people will tell me, every wise man who hears me will say,
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'Iyov is speaking without thinking; his words lack discernment.'
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"I wish Iyov would be kept on trial forever, because he answers like wicked men.
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For now to his sin he adds rebellion; he [mockingly] claps his hands among us and keeps adding to his words against God."