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| [1]How should not the times be hid from the Almighty, seeing that they which know him, see not his days? |
[1]WHY are the wicked not hidden from the presence of God, and why do those who know him never enjoy their days? |
| [2]Some remove the landmarks that rob the flocks and feed thereof. |
[2]The wicked remove the landmarks; they violently take away a flock. |
| [3]They lead away the ass of the fatherless: and take the widow's ox to pledge. |
[3]They seize the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. |
| [4]They make the poor to turn out of the way, so that the poor of the earth hide themselves together. |
[4]The wicked hide themselves beside the road, and the meek of the earth hide together. |
| [5]Behold, others as wild asses in the wilderness, go forth to their business, and rise early for a prey: the wilderness giveth him and his children food. |
[5]Behold, like wild asses in the desert, they go forth early seeking food for their young ones. |
| [6]They reap his provision in the field, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked. |
[6]They cut hay in a field which is not theirs; and they gather grapes from the vineyard of the wicked. |
| [7]They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without covering in the cold. |
[7]They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, and they have no covering in the cold. |
| [8]They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and they embrace the rock for want of a covering. |
[8]They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of shelter. |
| [9]They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take the pledge of the poor. |
[9]They take by force plunder of the fatherless, and they devour the poor. |
| [10]They cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the gleaning from the hungry. |
[10]They cause them to go naked without clothing, and they take away bread from the hungry, |
| [11]They that make oil between their walls, and tread their wine presses, suffer thirst. |
[11]Who are bent down under burdens during the reapers' banquets, and are hungry when they carry the large basket and the measure. At times they are hungry at the reapers' banquets; they tread the wine press, but they suffer thirst. |
| [12]Men cry out of the city, and the souls of the slain cry out: yet God doth not charge them with folly. |
[12]From the midst of the city the oppressed groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out; yet God does not accept their prayer |
| [13]These are they, that abhor the light: they know not the ways thereof, nor continue in the paths thereof. |
[13]They were in God's world; but they knew not his ways; nor did they walk in his paths. |
| [14]The murderer riseth early and killeth the poor and the needy: and in the night he is as a thief. |
[14]The murderer arises at daylight, and kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is a thief. |
| [15]The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, and saith, None eye shall see me, and disguiseth his face. |
[15]The eyes also of the adulterer wait for the darkness, saying, No eye shall see me; and he disguises his face in the dark. |
| [16]They dig through houses in the dark, which they marked for themselves in the day: they know not the light. |
[16]In darkness he breaks into houses which he has marked in the daytime. The wicked know not the light. |
| [17]But the morning is even to them as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. |
[17]Therefore they sought for themselves the shadow of death, and have found it: yea, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death |
| [18]He is swift upon the waters: their portion shall be cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyards. |
[18]They are swiftly carried away upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; they behold not the familiar way of the vineyards. |
| [19]As the dry ground and heat consume the snow waters, so shall the grave the sinners. |
[19]Drought and heat consume the snow waters; for they have sinned in Sheol. |
| [20]The pitiful man shall forget him: the worm shall feel his sweetness: he shall be no more remembered, and the wicked shall be broken like a tree. |
[20]They have gone astray from the womb; the worm shall suck them; after death they shall be remembered no more; and the wicked shall be broken like a piece of wood. |
| [21]He doth evil entreat the barren, that doth not bear, neither doeth he good to the widow. |
[21]An evil barren woman shall never bear; they do not good to the widow. |
| [22]He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth up, none is sure of life. |
[22]The wealth of a man of power is sustained by his own strength; he does not depend on divine guidance. |
| [23]Though men give him assurance to be in safety, yet his eyes are upon their ways. |
[23]Though he be granted safety, wherein he has confidence, yet his eyes are upon his own evil ways. |
| [24]They are exalted for a little, but they are gone, and are brought low as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the top of an ear of corn. |
[24]Such men are exalted for a little while, but soon are no more; yea, all the provokers shall be brought low and destroyed; they wither and are shaken out like the heads of grain. |
| [25]But if it be not so, where is he? Or who will prove me a liar, and make my words of no value? |
[25]And if it is not because of his anger, then who will make me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing before God |