God's Impartial Rule and Justice

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"If you have any sense, [Iyov,] hear this; listen to what I am saying.

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Should a hater of justice be in control? If you wouldn't tell a king, 'You're a scoundrel!'or nobles, 'You are wicked men!'then you shouldn't condemn the Just and Mighty One,

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who is neither partial toward princes nor favors the rich over the poor, since they all are the work of his hands.

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They may die in a moment, in the middle of the night -the people are shaken and pass away, the mighty are removed without human hands.

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For he keeps watch on a person's ways; he sees his every step.

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There is no darkness, no death-like gloom, where wrongdoers can hide;

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for he doesn't give warning to people when they must appear before God in judgment.

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He shatters the mighty without needing to investigate and sets up others in their place.

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Therefore, aware of what they are doing, he overturns them by night, and they are crushed.

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He strikes them as if they were common criminals in the open sight of others,

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because they turned away from following him and gave no thought to any of his ways,

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thereby bringing before him the cries of the poor; and he hears the cries of the oppressed.

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"But if God is silent, who can accuse him; if he hides his face, who can see him? He may do this to nations and persons alike,

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so that godless men will not become kings, and the people will not be lured into traps.

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