3 What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
4 ‘Is it for your piety that he rebukes youand brings charges against you?
5 Is not your wickedness great?Are not your sins endless?
6 You demanded security from your relatives for no reason;you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
7 You gave no water to the wearyand you withheld food from the hungry,
8 though you were a powerful man, owning land –an honoured man, living on it.
9 And you sent widows away empty-handedand broke the strength of the fatherless.