"God doesn't restrain his anger. Rahab's assistants are humiliated under him.

Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?

Like you, I also have understanding. I'm not inferior to you; who doesn't know things like this?"

Who among all of these doesn't know that the LORD's hand made them,

He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.

so also a person lies down and does not get up; they won't awaken until the heavens are no more, nor will they arise from their sleep."

"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.

"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

Look, if God doesn't trust his holy ones, if even the heavens aren't pure as he looks at them,

He does not believe he will escape darkness; he is destined for the sword.

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.

"I call to my servant, but he doesn't respond, even though I beg to him earnestly.

"How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?

Will it please the Almighty if you are innocent, or does he profit if your life is blameless?

You've asked, "What does God know? Can he sort through pitch black darkness?'

"But he is One who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do.

Why doesn't the Almighty reserve time for judgment? And why don't those who know him perceive his days?

As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.

Is there any limit to his armies? On whom does his light not shine?

Mankind doesn't appreciate their value; and you won't find it anywhere on earth.

"From where, then, does wisdom originate? Where does understanding live?

He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?"

Why are you arguing with him? He doesn't have to give explanations for what he does to you!

Indeed God does all these things again and again with a person

Truly, God doesn't practice wickedness, and the Almighty doesn't pervert justice.

Who isn't partial to princes? Who doesn't give preference to the nobles over the poor? Nevertheless, all of them are his handiwork.

"They cry out there, but he doesn't answer because of the arrogance of those who practice evil.

"So now, if he doesn't inflict punishment in his anger, then he doesn't keep track of your many transgressions.

"Indeed God is mighty and he doesn't show disrespect; he is mighty and strong of heart.

He doesn't let the wicked live; he grants justice to the afflicted.

"God thunders with his wondrous voice; he does awesome works that we don't comprehend.

Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?

"Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live?

"Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew?

Does the eagle soar high at your command and build its nest on the highest crags?

What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows.

How blessed is the person, who does not take the advice of the wicked, who does not stand on the path with sinners, and who does not sit in the seat of mockers.

He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.

If the ungodly one doesn't repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and prepare it.

The one who lives with integrity, who does righteous deeds, and who speaks truth to himself.

The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.

The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change,

who does not loan his money with interest, and who does not take a bribe against those who are innocent. The one who does these things will stand firm forever. A special Davidic Psalm.

LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.

For he does not despise nor detest the afflicted person; he does not hide his face from him, but he hears him when he cries out to him."

The one who has innocent hands and a pure heart; the person who does not delight in what is false and does not swear an oath deceitfully.

How blessed is the person against whom the LORD does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil.

Humanity, despite its conceit, does not understand that it will perish, just like the animals. A song of Asaph.

All of them have fallen away; together they have become corrupt; no one does what is good, not even one.

Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love, because you reward each person according to what he does. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.

He gives us life and does not permit our feet to slip.

For the LORD listens to the needy and doesn't despise those in bondage.

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does awesome deeds.

Then they say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"

For he remembered that they were only flesh, a passing wind that doesn't return.

A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this:

The LORD continuously does what is right, executing justice for all who are being oppressed.

He does not maintain a dispute continuously or remain angry for all time.

Whatever he does is reliable and just, and all his precepts are trustworthy,

when our God is in the heavens and he does whatever he desires?

Look! The one who is guarding Israel never sleeps and does not take naps.

The LORD does whatever pleases him in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all its deep regions.

To the one who alone does great and wondrous things, for his gracious love is everlasting

The LORD is good to everyone and his mercies extend to everything he does.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your authority endures from one generation to another. God is faithful about everything he says and merciful in everything he does.

Indeed, what a man does is always in the LORD's presence, and he weighs all his paths.

until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.

But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.

The blessing of the LORD establishes wealth, and difficulty does not accompany it.

A person doesn't gain security by wickedness, but the righteous won't be uprooted.

The lazy person does not roast what he has hunted, but diligence is one's most important possession.

A wise son heeds a father's correction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

Whoever does not discipline his son hates him, but whoever loves him is diligent to correct him.

A trustworthy witness does not deceive, but a false witness spews lies.

A quick tempered person does foolish things, and a devious man is hated.

Everything a person does seems pure in his own opinion, but the LORD weighs intentions.

The person whose mind is perverse does not find good, and anyone with perverted speech falls into trouble.

The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow the father of a fool has no joy.

The lazy person buries his hand in his dish and doesn't bother to bring it back to his mouth.

A lazy person doesn't plow in the proper season; he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

Taking your coat off when it's cold or pouring vinegar on soda that's what singing songs does to a heavy heart.

The door turns on its hinges as does the lazy person on his bed.

She is confident that her profits are sufficient. Her lamp does not go out at night.

Her children stand up and encourage her, as does her husband, who praises her:

What does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth?

Does anything exist about which someone might say, "Look at this! Is this new?" It happened ages ago; it existed before we did.

For neither the wise nor the fool will be long remembered, since in days to come everything will be forgotten. The wise man dies the same way as the fool, does he not?

For what does a person gain from everything that he accomplishes and from his inner life struggles that he undergoes while working on earth?

What benefit does the worker gain from what he undertakes?

For what happens to people also happens to animals a single event happens to them: just as someone dies, so does the other. In fact, they all breathe the same way, so that a human being has no superiority over an animal. All of this is pointless.

When possessions increase, so does the number of consumers; therefore what good are they to their owners, except to look at them?

This is also a painful tragedy: However a person comes, he also departs; so what does he gain as he labors after the wind?

Look! I observed that it is good and prudent to eat, drink, and enjoy all that is good of a person's work that he does on earth during the limited days of his life, which God gives him, for this is his allotment.

a man to whom God gives wealth, riches, and honor, so that he lacks none of his heart's desires but God does not give him the capability to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger consumes them. This is pointless and a grievous affliction.

A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,