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⁵ Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one;
he understands all things.^(F1)(C1)6 He does not keep the wicked alive,^(C1)
but he gives justice to the oppressed.⁷ He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous,
but he seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.

⁸ If people are bound with chains
and trapped by the cords of affliction,⁹ God tells them what they have done
and how arrogantly they have transgressed.¹⁰ He opens their ears^(C1) to correction
and tells them to repent from iniquity.¹¹ If they listen and serve him,
they will end their days in prosperity
and their years in happiness.^(C1)12 But if they do not listen,
they will cross the river of death^(F1)
and die without knowledge.^(C1)

¹³ Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.¹⁴ They die in their youth;
their life ends among male cult prostitutes.^(C1)15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;
he instructs them by their torment.

¹⁶ Indeed, he lured you from the jaws^(F1) of distress
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.¹⁷ Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
judgment and justice have seized you.¹⁸ Be careful that no one lures you with riches;^(F1)
do not let a large ransom^(F2) lead you astray.^(C1)19 Can your wealth^(F1) or all your physical exertion
keep you from distress?^(C1)20 Do not long for the night
when nations will disappear from their places.²¹ Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by^(F1) affliction.

²² Look, God shows himself exalted by his power.
Who is a teacher like him?²³ Who has appointed his way for him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?^(C1)24 Remember that you should praise his work,
which people have sung about.^(C1)25 All mankind has seen it;
people have looked at it from a distance.^(C1)26 Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;^(C1)
the number of his years cannot be counted.^(C2)27 For he makes waterdrops evaporate;^(F1)
they distill the rain into its^(F2) mist,^(C1)28 which the clouds pour out
and shower abundantly on mankind.²⁹ Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?^(C1)30 See how he spreads his lightning^(C1) around him
and covers the depths of the sea.³¹ For he judges the nations with these;
he gives food in abundance.^(C1)32 He covers his hands with lightning
and commands it to hit its mark.³³ The^(F1) thunder declares his presence;^(F2)
the cattle also, the approaching storm.