8. By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.
9. You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.
10. Because of this, you are surrounded by traps, and unexpected fears will disturb you.
11. And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the on-rush of overflowing waters?
12. Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?
13. And you say: "Well, what does God know?" and, "He judges, as if through a fog,"
14. and, "The clouds are his hiding-place," and, "He does not examine us closely," and, "He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens."
15. Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned?