10. “Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:far be it from God that he should do wickedness,and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
11. For according to the work of a man he will repay him,and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
12. Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,and the Almighty will not pervert justice.
13. Who gave him charge over the earth,and who laid on him the whole world?
14. If he should set his heart to itand gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
15. all flesh would perish together,and man would return to dust.
16. “If you have understanding, hear this;listen to what I say.
17. Shall one who hates justice govern?Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18. who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’
19. who shows no partiality to princes,nor regards the rich more than the poor,for they are all the work of his hands?
20. In a moment they die;at midnight the people are shaken and pass away,and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
21. “For his eyes are on the ways of a man,and he sees all his steps.
22. There is no gloom or deep darknesswhere evildoers may hide themselves.
23. For God has no need to consider a man further,that he should go before God in judgment.
24. He shatters the mighty without investigationand sets others in their place.