18. don't let your angerand the pain you enduredmake you sneer at God.
19. Your reputation and richescannot protect youfrom distress,
20. nor can you find safetyin the dark world below.
21. Be on guard! Don't turn to evilas a way of escape.
22. God's power is unlimited.He needs no teachers
23. to guide or correct him.
24. Others have praised Godfor what he has done,so join with them.
25. From down here on earth,everyone has looked up and seen
26. how great God is—God is more than we imagine;no one can count the yearshe has lived.
27-28. God gathers moistureinto the cloudsand supplies us with rain.
29. Who can understandhow God scatters the cloudsand speaks from his homein the thunderstorm?
30. And when God sends lightning,it can be seenat the bottom of the sea.
31. By producing such rainstorms,God rules the worldand provides us with food.