9. Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10. Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11. Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
12. Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
13. And thou sayest, What doth ·God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
14. Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
15. Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
16. Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
17. Who said unto ·God Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
18. Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.