17. Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?—
18. Who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
19. Who doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
20. In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
21. “For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
22. There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23. For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
24. He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.