They have closed up their fat [hearts;] With their mouths they speak proudly.

Their heart is as fat as grease, [But] I delight in Your law.

"Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made [his] waist heavy with fat,

The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide [it.] Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.

They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.

"Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Behold, these [are] the ungodly, Who are always at ease; They increase [in] riches.

With Your hand from men, O LORD, From men of the world [who have] their portion in [this] life, And whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their [possession] for their babes.

Now [there was] a man in Maon whose business [was] in Carmel, and the man [was] very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.

Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

"So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.