Job 24

24Why doesn't God set a time for judging, a day of justice for those who serve him?H6256H6845H7706H3045H2372H31172People move property lines to get more land; they steal sheep and put them with their own flocks.H5381H1367H1497H5739H74623They take donkeys that belong to orphans, and keep a widow's ox till she pays her debts.H5090H2543H3490H2254H490H7794H22544They prevent the poor from getting their rights and force the needy to run and hide.H5186H34H1870H6041H6035H776H2244H31625So the poor, like wild donkeys, search for food in the dry wilderness; nowhere else can they find food for their children.H6501H4057H3318H6467H7836H2964H6160H3899H52886They have to harvest fields they don't own, and gather grapes in vineyards of the wicked.H7114H7114H1098H7704H3953H3754H75637At night they sleep with nothing to cover them, nothing to keep them from the cold.H6174H3885H3830H3682H71358They are drenched by the rain that falls on the mountains, and they huddle beside the rocks for shelter.H7372H2230H2022H2263H6697H42689Evil people make slaves of fatherless infants and take the children of the poor in payment for debts.H1497H3490H7699H2254H604110But the poor must go out with no clothes to protect them; they must go hungry while harvesting wheat.H1980H6174H3830H5375H6016H745711They press olives for oil, and grapes for wine, but they themselves are thirsty.H6671H996H7791H1869H3342H677012In the cities the wounded and dying cry out, but God ignores their prayers.H4962H5008H5892H5315H2491H7768H433H7760H860413There are those who reject the light; they don't understand it or go where it leads.H4775H216H5234H1870H3427H541014At dawn the murderer gets up and goes out to kill the poor, and at night he steals.H7523H6965H216H6991H6041H34H3915H159015The adulterer waits for twilight to come; he covers his face so that no one can see him.H5869H5003H8104H5399H559H5869H7789H5643H7760H644016At night thieves break into houses, but by day they hide and avoid the light.H2822H2864H1004H2856H3119H3045H21617They fear the light of day, but darkness holds no terror for them.H1242H3162H6757H5234H1091H675718The wicked are swept away by floods, and the land they own is under God's curse; they no longer go to work in their vineyards.H7031H6440H4325H2513H7043H776H6437H1870H375419As snow vanishes in heat and drought, so sinners vanish from the land of the living.H6723H2527H1497H7950H4325H7585H239820Not even their mothers remember them now; they are eaten by worms and destroyed like fallen trees.H7358H7911H7415H4988H2142H5766H7665H608621That happens because they mistreated widows and showed no kindness to childless women.H7462H6135H3205H3190H49022God, in his strength, destroys the mighty; God acts - and the wicked die.H4900H47H3581H6965H539H241623God may let them live secure, but keeps an eye on them all the time.H5414H983H8172H5869H187024For a while the wicked prosper, but then they wither like weeds, like stalks of grain that have been cut down.H7426H4592H4355H7092H1870H5243H7218H764125Can anyone deny that this is so? Can anyone prove that my words are not true?H645H7760H3576H7760H4405H408