16. If you have understanding, hear this! Give ear to the sound of my words:
17. Should the one who hates right-ruling govern? Or would you declare a most righteous one wrong?
18. Who shall say to a sovereign: ‘Beliya‛al,’ to nobles: ‘Wrong one’? –
19. who is not partial to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
20. In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; the people are shaken and pass away; and the mighty are taken away without a hand.
21. For His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps.