13. A sinner won’t escape with plunder,and the endurance of the godlywill never fail.
14. He will make allowancefor every act of charity;everyone will receive their just reward.
17. Don’t say, "I’ll be hidden from the Lord,"and "Who from on highwill call me to mind?Among a great many people,I’ll never be recognized;for what am I in such a vast creation?
18. Look at the heavens,indeed the highest heavens;the abyss and the earthwill tremble at the Lord’s visitation.
19. All at once the mountainsand the foundations of the earthwill shake together, quaking,when he looks upon them.
20. The mind cannot even thinkabout these things.Who can ponder his ways?
21. Most of his deeds are hiddenlike a hurricane that no one can see.
22. Who will announce just actions?Or who will endure,since God’s covenant is far off?"
23. Those who lack sense think this way;a foolish and misguided personthinks foolish things.
24. Listen to me, my child: gain knowledgeand apply your mind to my words.
25. I will disclose instruction accurately,and with precisionI will declare knowledge.
26. The Lord’s works in creationexisted from the beginning,and he defined their exact stationswhen he made them.
27. He set their works in order forever,and arranged their spheres of authorityfor as long as they last.They have never gotten hungryor grown weary,and they have neverabandoned their tasks.
28. None of them crowd out their neighbor,and none will ever disobey his word.