Job:24

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* Why , seeing times (note :)Thus Job speaks in his passions , and after the judgment of the flesh : that is , that he does not see the things that are done at times , nor yet has a peculiar care over all , because he does not punish the wicked or avenge the godly .(:note ) are not hidden from the Almighty , do they that know him not see his When he punishes the wicked and rewards the good . days ? * Some remoue the land marks , that rob the flockes and feede thereof . * They leade away the asse of the fatherles : and take the widowes oxe to pledge . * They turn the needy out of the way : the poor of the earth hide themselves (note :)And for cruelty and oppression dare not show their faces .(:note ) together . * Behold , [as ] wild asses in the desert , go they forth to their work ; (note :)That is , spares diligence .(:note ) rising betimes for a prey : the wilderness He and his live by robbing and murdering . [yieldeth ] food for them [and ] for [their ] children . * They reap [every one ] (note :)Meaning the poor man 's .(:note ) his corn in the field : and they gather the Signifying that one wicked man will not spoil another , but for necessity . vintage of the wicked . * They cause the naked to lodge without garment , and without couering in the colde . * They are wet with the showers of the mountains , (note :)The poor are driven by the wicked into the rock and holes where they cannot lie dry for the rain .(:note ) and embrace the rock for want of a shelter . * They pluck the fatherless (note :)That is , they so pillage and plunder the poor widow that she cannot sustain herself that she may be able to nurse her baby .(:note ) from the breast , and take a pledge of The poor are driven by the wicked into the rocks and holes where they cannot lie dry for the rain . the poor . * They cause him to go naked without clothing , and take the glening from the hungrie . * [Which ] make oil (note :)In such places which are appointed for that purpose ; meaning , that those who labour for the wicked , are pined for hunger .(:note ) within their walls , [and ] tread [their ] winepresses , and suffer thirst . * Men (note :)For the great oppression and extortion .(:note ) groan from out of the city , and the soul of the wounded crieth out : yet God Cry out and call for vengeance . layeth not folly [to them ]. * They are of those that rebel against the (note :)That is , God 's word , because they are reproved by it .(:note ) light ; they know not the ways thereof , nor abide in the paths thereof . * The murtherer riseth earely &amp ; killeth the poore and the needie : and in the night he is as a theefe . * The eye also of the (note :)By these particular vices and the licence of it , he would prove that God did not punish the wicked and reward the just .(:note ) adulterer waiteth for the twilight , saying , No eye shall see me : and disguiseth [his ] face . * They digge through houses in the darke , which they marked for themselues in the daye : they knowe not the light . * But the morning is euen to them as the shadow of death : if one knowe them , they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death . * He [is ] swift as the (note :)He flees to the waters for his succour .(:note ) waters ; their They think that all the world is bent against them and dare not go by the highway . portion is cursed in the earth : he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards . * Drought and heat consume the snow waters : [so doth ] the grave [those which ] (note :)As the dry ground is never full with waters , so will they never cease sinning till they come to the grave .(:note ) have sinned . * * He (note :)He shows why the wicked will not be lamented , because he did not pity others .(:note ) evil entreateth the barren [that ] beareth not : and doeth not good to the widow . * He draweth also the (note :)He declares that after the wicked have destroyed the weakest , they will do the same to the stranger , and therefore are justly punished by God 's judgments .(:note ) mighty with his power : he riseth up , and no [man ] is sure of life . * Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie , yet his eyes are vpon their wayes . * They are exalted for a litle , but they are gone , and are brought lowe as all others : they are destroyed , and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne . * And if [it be ] not (note :)That is , contrary to your reasoning no man can give perfect reasons for God 's judgments , let me be reproved .(:note ) [so ] now , who will make me a liar , and make my speech nothing worth ?

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