8. But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
9. Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10. Therefore snares are around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11. Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
12. Is not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
13. And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14. Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
15. Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16. Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
17. Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!
18. Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19. The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
20. Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.