Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One,

Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.

He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.

My hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him.

I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I am making them known to you today – even you.

Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed – yes, whom I made!

I, I have spoken – yes, I have summoned him; I lead him and he will succeed.

I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.

I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.