So are the paths of all who forget the Mighty God; and the hope of the ungodly shall perish,

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

For what is the hope of the hypocrite when he is cut off, when God draws out his soul?

But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; they do not cry for help when He has bound them.

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has taken hold of the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

He who walks righteously and speaks with equity; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding bribes, who stops his ear from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

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

if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tents.

The tents of plunderers prosper, and those who provoke the Mighty God are secure, as God brings into his hand.

Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquities without end?

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

You have sent widows away empty, and crushed the arms of the fatherless.

because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless and the one who had no one to help him.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case that I did not know.

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Look at me. Witness against me before Jehovah and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.

The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood; each one hunts his brother with a net.

So, therefore because you trample on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of hewn stones, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.

For I know your many transgressions, and your many sins: afflicting the just, taking bribes, and thrusting away the poor from justice in the gate.