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Job 22:4-14

4 "Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, And enters into judgment with you?

4 “Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?

5 Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquity without end?

5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?

6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

6 You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.

7 You have not given the weary water to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

7 You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,

8 But the mighty man possessed the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.

8 though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it.

9 You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

9 And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.

10 Therefore snares are all around you, And sudden fear troubles you,

10 That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,

11 Or darkness so that you cannot see; And an abundance of water covers you.

11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

12 "Is not God in the height of heaven? And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!

12 “Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!

13 And you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?

13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?

14 Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.'

14 Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’