Does he reprove you because of your reverence [or] enter into judgment with you?

And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?

Thick clouds [are] a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on [the] dome of heaven.'

"But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

From [the] city people groan, and [the] throat of [the] wounded cries for help; yet God does not {regard it as unseemly}.

[He] feeds on [the] barren, [who] does not have a child, and does no good to [the] widow.

Is there a number to his troops? And upon whom does his light not rise?

"[It is] a path a bird of prey does not know and [the] black kite's eye has not seen.

A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not found in [the] land of the living.

Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

Indeed, God speaks in one [way], even in two, [yet] [someone] does not perceive it.

Look, God does all these [things] twice, three times with a person

Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

who {shows no partiality to officials} and [who] {does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant}, for all of them [are] the work of his hands?

"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];

If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}.

"Surely God does not hear an empty plea, and Shaddai does not regard it.

But now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not acknowledge the transgression at all,

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.

He does not keep [the] wicked alive but grants justice [to the] afflicted.

He does not withdraw his eyes from [the] righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.

After it, his voice roars; it thunders {with his majestic voice}, and he does not restrain it when his voice is heard.

"God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.

[As for] Shaddai, we cannot attain him; [he is] exalted [in] power, and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.

Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any {who think that they are wise}."

It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.

It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword.

"Does [the] hawk soar by your wisdom? Does it spread its wings to [the] south?

Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high?

Reaching it [with the] sword does not avail, [nor] [with the] spear, [the] dart, or [the] javelin.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of [the] wicked; nor does he stand in [the] way of sinners; nor does he sit in [the] assembly of mockers.

And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.

If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has {strung} it.

for he [who] {avenges bloodshed} remembers them. He does not forget the distressed cry of [the] afflicted.

Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account."

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

He does not slander with his tongue. He does not harm his friend, nor {bring up} a disgrace against his neighbor.

In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.

He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.

He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.

Happy [is] a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is not deceit.

He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil.

[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.

Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].

Blessed [is] the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to [the] proud and [to those who] fall away [to] a lie.

Humankind in [its] pomp, but does not understand, is like the beasts [that] perish.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

{All of them} have turned back. They are altogether corrupt. There is none who does good; there is not even one.

so that it does not hear [the] voice of charmers [or the] skilled caster of spells.

because Yahweh hears [the] needy and does not despise his [own who are] prisoners.

Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, [who] alone does wonderful things.

And they say, "How does God know?" and, "Does the Most High have knowledge?"

Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

for he remembered that they [were] flesh, a passing wind that does not return.

Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.

[The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.

while they say, "Yah does not see," and "The God of Jacob does not pay attention."

Yahweh does deeds of justice and judgments for all [who] are oppressed,

He does not dispute continually, nor keep [his anger] forever.

Blessed are [those who] observe justice, [he who] does righteousness at all times.

And he blesses them and they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle become few.

But our God [is] in the heavens; all that he desires, he does.

[Those who] make them become like them, [as does] everyone who trusts in them.

All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all [the] depths.

[Those who] make them become like them, [as does] everyone who trusts in them.

To [him who] alone does great wonders, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man.

She does not observe the path of life; her ways wander, [and] she does not know [it].

He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks {sense}, he destroys himself who does it.

until an arrow pierces his {entrails}, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}.

Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise its voice?

A woman of foolishness is loud, simple, and does not know {it}.

But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.

The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.

Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.

A wise child [hears] the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.

The ransom of the life of a man [is] his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat.

A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.

A scoffer does not like {his rebuke}; to the wise he will not go.

He who winks his eyes [does so in order] to plan perverse things; he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.

He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, [and] the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.

He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.

if you say, "Look, we do not know this," does not he who weighs hearts perceive [it]? And he who keeps your soul, he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.

Like the sparrow [is] to fluttering and like the swallow [is] to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

[The] righteous knows [the] case of the poor, but [the] wicked does not understand knowledge.

Sheol and barrenness of womb, the land is not satisfied [with] water, and fire does not say "enough!"

She does him good, but not harm all the days of her life.

She perceives that her merchandise [is] good; her lamp does not go out in the night.

She does not fear for her house [when] it snows, for {her entire household} is clothed [in] crimson.

What does a person gain in all his toil with which he toils under the sun?

I said of laughter, "[It is] folly!" and of pleasure, "{What does it accomplish?}"

For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?

What does the worker gain in his toil?

He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put {the past} in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the end.