4 for truly my words are not falsehood; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
5 Look, God is mighty but does not despise anyone; he is mighty and good in understanding.
6 He does not keep the wicked alive but grants justice to the afflicted.
7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.
8 “And if they are tied up with fetters, if they are caught in the cords of misery,
9 then he declares their work to them, and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
10 So he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.