^{24 Ref} He breaketh in pieces mighty men `in ways' past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.

^{25 Ref} Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

^{26 Ref} He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;

^{27 Ref} Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

^{28 Ref} So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

^{29 Ref} When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether `it be done' unto a nation, or unto a man: