Immerse: Poets Full Volume - Flipbook - Page 326
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“Listen to me, you who have understanding.
Everyone knows that God doesn’t sin!
The Almighty can do no wrong.
He repays people according to their deeds.
He treats people as they deserve.
Truly, God will not do wrong.
The Almighty will not twist justice.
Did someone else put the world in his care?
Who set the whole world in place?
If God were to take back his spirit
and withdraw his breath,
all life would cease,
and humanity would turn again to dust.
“Now listen to me if you are wise.
Pay attention to what I say.
Could God govern if he hated justice?
Are you going to condemn the almighty judge?
For he says to kings, ‘You are wicked,’
and to nobles, ‘You are unjust.’
He doesn’t care how great a person may be,
and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor.
He made them all.
In a moment they die.
In the middle of the night they pass away;
the mighty are removed without human hand.
“For God watches how people live;
he sees everything they do.
No darkness is thick enough
to hide the wicked from his eyes.
We don’t set the time
when we will come before God in judgment.
He brings the mighty to ruin without asking anyone,
and he sets up others in their place.
He knows what they do,
and in the night he overturns and destroys them.
He strikes them down because they are wicked,
doing it openly for all to see.
For they turned away from following him.
They have no respect for any of his ways.
They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention.
He hears the cries of the needy.
34:10-28
