3 Does it please the Almighty that you are just?Does he gain if your ways are perfect?
4 Is it because of your piety that he reproves you—that he enters into judgment with you?
5 Is not your wickedness great,your iniquity endless?
6 You keep your relatives’ goods in pledge unjustly,leave them stripped naked of their clothing.
7 To the thirsty you give no water to drink,and from the hungry you withhold bread;
8 As if the land belonged to the powerful,and only the privileged could dwell in it!
9 You sent widows away empty-handed,and the resources of orphans are destroyed.