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1Why doesn't the Almighty reserve time for judgment? and why don't those who know him perceive his days? | 1"Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days? |
2They move boundary stones, steal flocks, and pasture them. | 2There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen. |
3They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan; | 3They drive away the orphan's donkey and take the widow's ox in pledge. |
4They push the needy off the road, and force the poor of the land into hiding. | 4They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding. |
5"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones. | 5Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children. |
6They reap fodder in the field and glean in the vineyard of the wicked. | 6They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked. |
7They spend the night naked, without clothing, with no covering against the cold. | 7Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold. |
8They are wet from mountain rains; without shelter, they cling to a rock. | 8They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter. |
9"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan. | 9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt. |
10They wander around naked, without clothes; hungry, though they carry sheaves of grain. | 10Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry. |
11They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress. | 11They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst. |
12From the city, dying men groan aloud, and the wounded cries out for help, but God charges no one with wrong. | 12The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing. |
13"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course. | 13"There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths. |
14The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief. | 14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief. |
15The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, 'No eye is watching me' while he veils his face. | 15The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed. |
16They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight. | 16In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light. |
17As a group, deep darkness is their morning time; fear that lives in darkness is their friend." | 17For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness. |
18"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards. | 18"Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards. |
19As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners. | 19As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned. |
20The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood. | 20The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree. |
21"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows. | 21They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness. |
22God prolongs the life of the strong by his power, but they get up in the morning without purpose in life. | 22But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life. |
23He gives them security and financial support, but he watches everything they do. | 23He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways. |
24They're exalted momentarily, but then they are gone; they are humbled, just like all the others. They are cut down like heads of corn. | 24For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain. |
25If this weren't so, who can prove that I'm a liar by showing that there's nothing to what I'm saying?" | 25"If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?" |
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