³⁴ For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

¹³ So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,

⁵¹ and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

² The godly man has perished out of the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.

¹¹ Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine.

¹² For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.

¹⁴ The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burning?

¹⁵ He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil:

¹³ "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.

¹² Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.

¹³ The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame.

¹⁶ I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

¹⁷ I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

⁸ For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, When God takes away his life?

⁵ Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

⁶ For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

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

⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

⁹ You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

⁶ The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands.

¹⁴ If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

²² Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."

³ Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

³ His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.