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"Why are times not kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days? |
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The wicked remove landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them. |
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They drive away the donkey of the orphan; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. |
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They thrust the needy off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves. |
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Like wild asses in the desert they go out to their toil, scavenging in the wasteland food for their young. |
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They reap in a field not their own and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked. |
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They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. |
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They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and cling to the rock for want of shelter. |
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"There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast, and take as a pledge the infant of the poor. |
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They go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves; |
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between their terraces they press out oil; they tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst. |
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From the city the dying groan, and the throat of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer. |
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"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. |
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The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief. |
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The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye will see me'; and he disguises his face. |
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In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light. |
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For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness. |
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"Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion in the land is cursed; no treader turns toward their vineyards. |
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Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned. |
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The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered; so wickedness is broken like a tree. |
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"They harm the childless woman, and do no good to the widow. |
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Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life. |
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He gives them security, and they are supported; his eyes are upon their ways. |
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They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain. |
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If it is not so, who will prove me a liar, and show that there is nothing in what I say?" |
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