1 W hy are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

Why does He not set seasons for judgment? Why do those who know Him see not His days ?

2 T here are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and pasture them.

3 T hey drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

4 T hey turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

They crowd the poor and needy off the road; the poor and meek of the earth all hide themselves.

5 B ehold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work, seeking diligently for prey and food; the wilderness yields them bread for their children.

6 T hey cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

They reap each one his fodder in a field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked man.

7 T hey lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

8 T hey are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains and cling to the rock for want of shelter.

9 T here are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

pluck the fatherless infants from the breast, and take the poor for a pledge,

10 S o that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

So that the needy go about naked for lack of clothing, and though hungry, they must carry the sheaves.

11 T hey make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Among the olive rows make oil; they tread the presses, but suffer thirst.

12 F rom out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

From out of the populous city men groan, and the very life of the wounded cries for help; yet God regards not the wrong done them.

13 T hese are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

These wrongdoers are of those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways nor stay in its paths.

14 T he murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

The murderer rises with the light; he kills the poor and the needy, and in the night he becomes as a thief.

15 T he eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and he puts a disguise upon his face.

16 I n the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

In the dark, they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the sunlight.

17 F or the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

For midnight is morning to all of them; for they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness.

18 S wiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

Swiftly such men pass away on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; turns into their vineyards.

19 D rought and heat consume the snow waters: So doth Sheol those that have sinned.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so does Sheol (the place of the dead) those who have sinned.

20 T he womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

The womb shall forget him, the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered, and unrighteousness shall be broken like a tree.

21 H e devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

preys upon the barren, childless woman and does no good to the widow.

22 Y et God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

Yet prolongs the life of the mighty by His power; they rise up when they had despaired of life.

23 G od giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

God gives them security, and they rest on it; and His eyes are upon their ways.

24 T hey are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

They are exalted for a little while, and then are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others are and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

25 A nd if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?

And if this is not so, who will prove me a liar and make my speech worthless?