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As if the land belonged to the powerful,
    and only the privileged could dwell in it!
You sent widows away empty-handed,
    and the resources of orphans are destroyed.(A)
10 Therefore snares are round about you,(B)
    sudden terror makes you panic,

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though you were a powerful man, owning land(A)
    an honored man,(B) living on it.(C)
And you sent widows(D) away empty-handed(E)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(F)
10 That is why snares(G) are all around you,(H)
    why sudden peril terrifies you,(I)

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