17. But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee.
18. For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
19. Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength?
20. Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
21. Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22. Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
23. Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
24. Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
25. All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
26. Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
27. For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
28. Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
29. Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
30. Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
31. For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
32. He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.