26. "He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,
27. Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways;
28. So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted-
29. When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and man?-
30. So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people.
31. "For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne chastisement; I will not offend anymore;
32. Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will not do it again'?
33. "Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know.
34. "Men of understanding will say to me, And a wise man who hears me,
35. 'Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.