7. You didn't give any water to people who were tired. You held food back from those who were hungry.
8. You did it even though you were honored and powerful. You owned land and lived on it.
9. But you sent widows away without anything. You mistreated children whose fathers had died.
10. That's why traps have been set all around you. That's why sudden danger terrifies you.
11. That's why it's so dark you can't even see. That's why a flood covers you up.
12. "Isn't God in the highest parts of heaven? See how high the highest stars are!
13. But you still say, 'What does God know? Can he see through the darkest clouds to judge us?
14. He goes around in the highest heavens. Thick clouds keep him from seeing us.'
15. Will you stay on the old path that sinful people have walked on?
16. They were carried off even before they died. Their foundations were washed away by a flood.
17. They said to God, 'Leave us alone! What can you do to us, you Mighty One?'