8. while the land belonged to a powerful manand an influential man lived on it.
9. You sent widows away empty-handed,and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10. Therefore snares surround you,and sudden dread terrifies you,
11. or darkness, so you cannot see,and a flood of water covers you.
12. Isn’t God as high as the heavens?And look at the highest stars — how lofty they are!