You have given no water to the weary to drink,
    and you have (A)withheld bread from the hungry.
(B)The man with power possessed the land,
    and (C)the favored man lived in it.
You have (D)sent widows away empty,
    and (E)the arms of (F)the fatherless were crushed.
10 Therefore (G)snares are all around you,
    and sudden terror overwhelms you,

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You gave no water(A) to the weary
    and you withheld food from the hungry,(B)
though you were a powerful man, owning land(C)
    an honored man,(D) living on it.(E)
And you sent widows(F) away empty-handed(G)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(H)
10 That is why snares(I) are all around you,(J)
    why sudden peril terrifies you,(K)

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