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What does God above have for us?
    How does God All-Powerful repay people from his home high in heaven?[a]
He sends trouble to the wicked
    and disaster to those who do wrong.
God is the one who knows what I do
    and sees every step I take.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:2 Or possibly, “I made an agreement with my eyes not to look with desire at the Virgin or the sacred things that belong to God All-Powerful.” Here, “the Virgin” refers to a goddess worshiped by the Canaanites.

For what is our lot(A) from God above,
    our heritage from the Almighty on high?(B)
Is it not ruin(C) for the wicked,
    disaster(D) for those who do wrong?(E)
Does he not see my ways(F)
    and count my every step?(G)

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