3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?
Or
is it gain
to Him that you make your ways blameless?
4 “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you,
And enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquity without end?
6 For you have
ataken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You have not given the weary water to drink,
And you
ahave withheld bread from the hungry.
8 But the
1 mighty man possessed the land,
And the honorable man dwelt in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty,
And the
1 strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10 Therefore snares
are all around you,
And sudden fear troubles you,
11 Or darkness
so that you cannot see;
And an abundance of
awater covers you.
12 “Is not God in the height of heaven?
And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 And you say,
a‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the deep darkness?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
