Leeser(i)
5 Is not thy evil great? and no end to thy iniquities?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and from the hungry thou hast withholden bread.
8 But as for the man of a strong arm, he obtained the land, and the highly honored could dwell therein.
9 Widows hast thou sent away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore are snares round about thee, and sudden dread terrifieth thee.
11 Or seest thou not the darkness? and the abundance of water which covereth thee?
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and beholding the highest elevation of the stars, however high they are?
13 But thou sayest, “What doth God know? can he judge behind the darkness?
14 Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he will not see; and he walketh along on the circle of heaven.”
15 Wilt thou thus observe the path of ancient times which the men of injustice have trodden?
16 Who were shrivelled up before their time, whose foundation was flooded away like a river;