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 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 destroyed.
26. He striketh them as wicked men 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. 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: