- 1. Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
- 2. The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
- 3. The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
- 4. They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
- 5. Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.
- 6. In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
- 7. The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
- 8. From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.
- 9. They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
- 10. Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.
- 11. Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
- 12. Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
- 13. They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
- 14. At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
- 15. And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
- 16. He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
- 17. When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
- 18. Light he `is' on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
- 19. Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol `those who' have sinned.
- 20. Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten `on' him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
- 21. Treating evil the barren `who' beareth not, And `to' the widow he doth no good,
- 22. And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
- 23. He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes `are' on their ways.
- 24. High they were `for' a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all `others' they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
- 25. And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
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