Job 34:24-26

He shall break in pieces mighty men, &c. Neither their greatness nor their numbers can secure them from the stroke of God's justice; and set others in their stead Give away their power and dignity to others, who shall come in their place. Therefore he knoweth their works That is, it appears from this that he knows all their evil works, because he judges and punishes them for them; and he overturneth them in the night When they are at rest and secure; or, he turneth or bringeth upon them the night, namely, of calamity and tribulation, as the next words explain it, and as the words light and darkness are often used. He striketh them as wicked men That is, as he useth to smite wicked men; or, as תחת, tachath, rather means here, according to Ab. Ezra, inter improbos, among the wicked, or, for wicked men; that is, because they are wicked men, therefore he destroys them without any regard to their quality; in the open sight of others In public view, for their greater shame, for the greater glory of God's justice, and for the greater terror of other wicked persons.