[1]
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
[2]
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof . feed...: or, feed them
[3]
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
[4]
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
[5]
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
[6]
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage
[7]
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
[8]
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
[9]
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
[10]
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
[11]
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
[12]
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them .
[13]
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
[14]
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
[15]
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret
[16]
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
[17]
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
[18]
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
[19]
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. consume: Heb. violently take
[20]
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
[21]
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
[22]
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. no...: or, he trusteth not his own life
[23]
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
[24]
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other , and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. are gone: Heb. are not taken...: Heb. closed up
[25]
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

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