Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

Then Zophar the Minaean answered and said,

For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?

And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because He has bound them.

The sinners in Zion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place?

He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice.

and he will cut him in two, and will appoint his share with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.

even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them.

Is not your wickedness abundant, and your sins innumerable?

Neither have you given water to the thirsty to drink, but have taken away the morsel of the hungry.

But you have sent widows away empty, and have afflicted orphans.

For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.

I was the father of the helpless, and I searched out the cause which I knew not.

And his sons did not walk in his ways, and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.

Behold, [here am] I, answer against me before the Lord and before His anointed. Whose calf have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or who among you have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even as [much as a] sandal? Bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.

For the godly has perished from the earth; and there is none upright among men: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict everyone his neighbor.

Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts, you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them.

For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside [the judgment of] the poor in the gates.