7. You gave the weary no water to drinkand from the hungry you withheld food.
8. Although you were a powerful man, owning land,an honored man living on it,
9. you sent widows away empty-handed,and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
10. That is why snares surround you,and why sudden fear terrifies you,
11. why it is so dark you cannot see,and why a flood of water covers you.
12. “Is not God on high in heaven?And see the lofty stars, how high they are!