NSB(i)
19 »The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.
20 »They die suddenly in the middle of the night. People have seizures and pass away. Mighty people are taken away but not by human hands.
21 »God's eyes are on a person's ways. He sees all his steps.
22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where troublemakers can hide.
23 »He does not have to set a time for a person in order to bring him to divine judgment.
24 »He breaks mighty people into pieces without examining them and puts others in their places.
25 »He knows what they do, so he overthrows them at night, and they are crushed.
26 »In return for their evil, he strikes them in public.
27 »This is because they turned away from following him. They did not consider any of his ways.
28 »They forced the poor to cry out to him, and he hears the cry of those who suffer.
29 »If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face (refused to assist), we would be helpless.