Job:24

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* Why are not times treasured up by the Almighty ? And why do not they who know him see his days ? * They remove landmarks ; They take away flocks by violence , and pasture them . * They drive away the ass of the fatherless , And take the widow ’s ox for a pledge . * They push the needy from the way ; All the poor of the land are forced to hide themselves . * Behold , like wild asses of the desert , they go forth to their work ; They search for prey ; The wilderness supplieth them food for their children . * In the fields they reap the harvest , And gather the vintage of the oppressor . * They lodge naked , without clothing , And without covering from the cold . * They are drenched with the mountain showers , And embrace the rock for want of shelter . * The fatherless are torn from the breast , And the garment of the needy is taken for a pledge . * They go naked , without clothing , And carry the sheaf hungry . * They make oil within their walls , And tread the wine –vat , yet suffer thirst . * From anguish the dying groan , And the wounded cry aloud ; And God regardeth not their prayer ! * Others hate the light ; They know not its ways , And abide not in its paths . * With the light ariseth the murderer ; He killeth the poor and needy ; In the night he is as a thief . * The eye of the adulterer watcheth for the twilight ; He saith , "No eye will see me ," And putteth a mask upon his face . * In the dark they break into houses ; In the daytime they shut themselves up ; They are strangers to the light . * The morning is to them the very shadow of death ; They are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death . * Light are they on the face of the waters ; They have an accursed portion in the earth ; They come not near the vineyards . * As drought and heat consume the snow waters , So doth the grave the wicked . * His own mother forgetteth him ; The worm feedeth sweetly on him ; He is no more remembered , And iniquity is broken like a tree . * He oppresseth the barren , that hath not borne , And doeth not good to the widow . * He taketh away the mighty by his power ; He riseth up , and no one is sure of life . * God giveth them security , so that they are confident ; His eyes are upon their ways . * They are exalted ; ––in a little while they are gone ! They are brought low , and die , like all others ; And like the topmost ears of corn are they cut off . * If it be not so , who will confute me , And show my discourse to be worthless ?

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