Job:24

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* »Why does the Almighty not keep time ? Why do those who know him never see his days ? * »The wicked remove landmarks . They seize flocks and pasture them . * »They drive away the donkey of the orphan . They take the widow ’s ox for a pledge . * »They force the needy to yield the road . The poor of the earth all hide themselves . * »Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their toil . They search in the wasteland food for their young . * »They reap in a field not their own and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked . * »They lie all night naked , without clothing , and have no covering in the cold . * »They are wet with the rain of the mountains . They cling to the rock in search of shelter . * »There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast . They take as a pledge the infant of the poor . * »The needy go about naked , without clothing ; though hungry , they carry the sheaves . * »Between their terraces they press out oil . They tread the wine presses , but suffer thirst . * »The dying groan from the city . The throat of the wounded cries for help . Yet God pays no attention to their prayer . * »There are those who rebel against the light . They are not acquainted with its ways , and do not stay in its paths . * »The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy , and in the night is like a thief . * »The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight . He says : ‘No eye will see me .’ Then he disguises his face . * »In the dark they dig through houses . By day they shut themselves up . They do not know the light . * »For deep darkness is morning to all of them . They are friends with the terrors of deep darkness . * »Swift are they on the face of the waters . Their portion in the land is cursed ! No treader turns toward their vineyards . * »Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters ! In the same way the grave takes those who have sinned . * »The womb forgets them . The worm finds them sweet . They are no longer remembered . Wickedness is broken like a tree . * »They harm the childless woman , and do no good to the widow . * »Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power and they rise up when they despair of life . * »He gives them security and they are supported . His eyes are upon their ways . * »They are exalted a little while , and then are gone . They wither and fade like everything gathered up . They are cut off like the heads of grain . * »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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