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I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!

You should fear punishment yourselves, for your attitude deserves punishment. Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment."

Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches.

They will give back everything they worked for. Their wealth will bring them no joy.

For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes.

For they will not care what happens to their family after they are dead.

No one criticizes them openly or pays them back for what they have done.

"For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.

You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.

For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us. He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.'

For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?'

"Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you.

If you give up your lust for money and throw your precious gold into the river,

I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden. I look to the south, but he is concealed.

For I have stayed on God's paths; I have followed his ways and not turned aside.

"Why doesn't the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment? Why must the godly wait for him in vain?

They take the orphan's donkey and demand the widow's ox as security for a loan.

The poor are pushed off the path; the needy must hide together for safety.

Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking for food, searching even in the desert for food for their children.

They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.