[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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