Job 34:16-33 - God Is Fair

¹⁶ If you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I have to say.
¹⁷ Could one who hates justice govern the world?
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,
¹⁸ who says to a king, “Worthless man!”
and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?
¹⁹ God is not partial to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.
²⁰ They die suddenly in the middle of the night;
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.

²¹ For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and He observes all his steps.
²² There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.
²³ God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should approach Him in court.
²⁴ He shatters the mighty without an investigation
and sets others in their place.
²⁵ Therefore, He recognizes their deeds
and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.
²⁶ In full view of the public,
He strikes them for their wickedness,
²⁷ because they turned aside from following Him
and did not understand any of His ways
²⁸ but caused the poor to cry out to Him,
and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
²⁹ But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,
³⁰ so that godless men should not rule
or ensnare the people.

³¹ Suppose someone says to God,
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.
³² Teach me what I cannot see;
if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”
³³ Should God repay you on your terms
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.