22aThere is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
24aHe breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
25 Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
26 He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,
27 Because they aturned back from Him, And bwould not consider any of His ways,
28 So that they acaused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He bhears the cry of the afflicted.
29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether itis against a nation or a man alone?—
30 That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.
31 “For has anyone said to God, ‘I have borne chastening; I will offend no more;
