²² It is all one; therefore I say, God [does not discriminate, but] destroys the blameless and the wicked.

²³ When [His] scourge slays suddenly, He mocks at the calamity and trial of the innocent.

²⁴ The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blinded to justice]. If it is not [God], who then is it [responsible for all this inequality]?