24Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why do those who know Him never see His days?H6256H6845H7706H3045H2372H3117

2The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for [it].H5381H1367H1497H5739H7462

3They drive away the donkeys [owned] by the fatherless and take the widow's ox as collateral.H5090H2543H3490H2254H490H7794H2254

4They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding.H5186H34H1870H6041H6035H776H2244H3162

5Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.H6501H4057H3318H6467H7836H2964H6160H3899H5288

6They gather their fodder in the field and glean the vineyards of the wicked.H7114H7114H1098H7704H3953H3754H7563

7Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.H6174H3885H3830H3682H7135

8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.H7372H2230H2022H2263H6697H4268

9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.H1497H3490H7699H2254H6041

10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry sheaves but go hungry.H1980H6174H3830H5375H6016H7457

11They crush olives in their presses; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.H6671H996H7791H1869H3342H6770

12From the city, men groan; the mortally wounded cry for help, yet God pays no attention to this crime.H4962H5008H5892H5315H2491H7768H433H7760H8604

13The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognize its ways or stay on its paths.H4775H216H5234H1870H3427H5410

14The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.H7523H6965H216H6991H6041H34H3915H1590

15The adulterer's eye watches for twilight, thinking: No eye will see me, he covers [his] face.H5869H5003H8104H5399H559H5869H7789H5643H7760H6440

16In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.H2822H2864H1004H2856H3119H3045H216

17For the morning is like death's shadow to them. Surely they are familiar with the terrors of death's shadow!H1242H3162H6757H5234H1091H6757

18They float on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to [their] vineyards.H7031H6440H4325H2513H7043H776H6437H1870H3754

19As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol [steals] those who have sinned.H6723H2527H1497H7950H4325H7585H2398

20The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.H7358H7911H7415H4988H2142H5766H7665H6086

21They prey on the barren, childless woman and do not deal kindly with the widow.H7462H6135H3205H3190H490

22Yet God drags away the mighty by His power; when He rises up, they have no assurance of life.H4900H47H3581H6965H539H2416

23He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely [on it], but His eyes [watch] over their ways.H5414H983H8172H5869H1870

24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else. They wither like heads of grain.H7426H4592H4355H7092H1870H5243H7218H7641

25If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar and show that my speech is worthless?H645H7760H3576H7760H4405H408