1 W hy are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

¶ Why, seeing that times are not hidden from the Almighty, do those that know him not see his days?

2 T hey remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed thereof.

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

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

4 T hey turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

They turn the needy out of the way; and all the poor of the earth hide themselves from them.

5 L o, wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness them food for children.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for a prey; the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

6 T hey reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;

In the field they reap their fodder, and the wicked gather the vintage that is not theirs.

7 T hey pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

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

They are wet with the floods of the mountains and embrace the rock for want of a covering.

9 T hey pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.

10 T hese go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

They cause the naked to go without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

11 T hey press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

They press oil within their walls and tread their winepresses and suffer thirst.

12 M en groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.

Men groan from out of the city, and the souls of the dead cry out; yet God did not hinder them.

13 T here are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

¶ They are among those that rebel against the light; they have never known its ways nor abided in its paths.

14 T he murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

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

15 A nd the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on face.

The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and disguises his face.

16 I n the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

17 F or the morning is to them all the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if they are known, the terrors of the shadow of death come over them.

18 H e is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.

¶ They are swift upon the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; they never come by the way of the vineyards.

19 D rought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so does Sheol consume those who have sinned.

20 T he womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree,—

The Merciful One shall forget them; the worm shall feed sweetly on them; they shall never be remembered again; and iniquity shall be broken as a tree.

21 H e that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

He afflicted the barren woman that did not conceive and never did good unto the widow.

22 H e draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no is sure of life.

He furthered the violent with his power; he did not lend to anyone in his life.

23 s etteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.

If he gave credit to some to take them over, his eyes were upon their ways.

24 T hey are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

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

25 I f it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

And if it is not so now, who will make me a liar or reduce my speech to nothing?