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For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man, he dwelt in it.

Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

There the upright might reason with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

For he performeth that which is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

For God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath troubled me:

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God imputeth it not for folly.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and he disguiseth his face.

For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.

(For my life is yet whole in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;)

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.