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"Why doesn't the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment? Why must the godly wait for him in vain? |
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Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers. They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures. |
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They take the orphan's donkey and demand the widow's ox as security for a loan. |
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The poor are pushed off the path; the needy must hide together for safety. |
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Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking for food, searching even in the desert for food for their children. |
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They harvest a field they do not own, and they glean in the vineyards of the wicked. |
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All night they lie naked in the cold, without clothing or covering. |
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They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home. |
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"The wicked snatch a widow's child from her breast, taking the baby as security for a loan. |
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The poor must go about naked, without any clothing. They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving. |
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They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it, and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst. |
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The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the wounded cry for help, yet God ignores their moaning. |
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"Wicked people rebel against the light. They refuse to acknowledge its ways or stay in its paths. |
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The murderer rises in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night he is a thief. |
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The adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No one will see me then.' He hides his face so no one will know him. |
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Thieves break into houses at night and sleep in the daytime. They are not acquainted with the light. |
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The black night is their morning. They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness. |
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"But they disappear like foam down a river. Everything they own is cursed, and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards. |
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The grave consumes sinners just as drought and heat consume snow. |
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Their own mothers will forget them. Maggots will find them sweet to eat. No one will remember them. Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm. |
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They cheat the woman who has no son to help her. They refuse to help the needy widow. |
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"God, in his power, drags away the rich. They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life. |
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They may be allowed to live in security, but God is always watching them. |
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And though they are great now, in a moment they will be gone like all others, cut off like heads of grain. |
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Can anyone claim otherwise? Who can prove me wrong?" |
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