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Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, why do those who know Him not see His days? |
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They remove the landmarks; they seize flocks and feed them. |
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3
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. |
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4
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They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together. |
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Behold, like wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for a prey. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children. |
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6
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They reap his fodder in the field; and they gather the grapes of the wicked. |
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They lodge the naked without clothing, and give no covering in the cold. |
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of shelter. |
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor. |
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10
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They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry. |
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11
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They press out oil between their walls; they tread their winepresses, and still suffer thirst. |
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12
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Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God does not charge foolishness. |
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13
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They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths. |
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14
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The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is a thief. |
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15
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And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a covering on his face. |
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16
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In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light. |
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17
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For the morning is to them like the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death. |
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18
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He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards. |
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Drought and heat eat up the snow waters; so does the grave those who have sinned. |
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20
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The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be remembered no more; and injustice shall be broken like a tree. |
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21
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He ill-treats the women who bear no children; and does no good to the widow. |
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22
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He also draws the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no one is sure of life. |
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23
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He gives safety to him, and he rests on it; yet His eyes are on their ways. |
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24
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They are lifted up for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are gathered in like all others, and are cut off like the heads of the ears of grain. |
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25
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And if it is not so, who will make me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing? |
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