2 Bear with me for a little while and I will show you; for I have still more to say in favor of God.
3 I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just.
4 For truly my words are without any falsehood and perfect knowledge will be proven to you.
5 God does not abandon the powerful, for he himself is also powerful.
6 But he does not save the impious, though he grants judgment to the poor.
7 He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.
8 And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,