16. “If you can understand, hear this.Listen to what I have to say.
17. Can anyone govern who hates what is right?How can you blame God who is both fair and powerful?
18. God is the one who says to kings, ‘You are worth nothing.’And he says to important people, ‘You are evil.’
19. God is not better to princes than other people.He is not better to rich people than poor people.This is because he made them all with his own hands.
20. They can die in a moment, in the middle of the night.The rich are struck down, and then they pass away.Powerful people die without man’s help.
21. “God watches where people go.He sees every step they take.
22. There is no dark place or deep shadowwhere those who do evil can hide from God.
23. God does not need to watch people more closely.He does not need for men to come before him for judging.