16. “Even so He would have removed you out of distressinto a broad place where there is no restraint;and that which was set on your table would be full of richness.
17. But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked;judgment and justice take hold of you.
18. Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with a blow;even a great ransom cannot deliver you.
19. Will He esteem your riches?No, not gold, nor all the force of your strength.
20. Do not desire the night,when people are cut off in their place.
21. Take heed! Do not turn to iniquity,for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22. “Behold, God is exalted in His power;who teaches like Him?
23. Who has prescribed His way for Him?Or who can say, ‘You have worked iniquity’?
24. Remember to magnify His work,which men behold.
25. Every man may see it;man may behold it from afar.
26. Look, God is great, and we do not know Him,nor can the number of His years be searched out.
27. “For He draws up the drops of water;they distill rain according to its mist,
28. which the clouds drop down,and drip upon man abundantly.
29. Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,or the noise of His tent?