3. I will get my knowledge from afarand ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4. For truly my words are not false;one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5. “Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any;he is mighty in strength of understanding.
6. He does not keep the wicked alive,but gives the afflicted their right.
7. He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,but with kings on the thronehe sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8. And if they are bound in chainsand caught in the cords of affliction,
9. then he declares to them their workand their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
10. He opens their ears to instructionand commands that they return from iniquity.
11. If they listen and serve him,they complete their days in prosperity,and their years in pleasantness.
12. But if they do not listen, they perish by the swordand die without knowledge.
13. “The godless in heart cherish anger;they do not cry for help when he binds them.