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

“ Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days?

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

“ Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on 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 as a pledge.

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

They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide.

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.

Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. 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;

They gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

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

They spend the night naked, without clothing, And 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 showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.

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

“ Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.

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

They cause the poor to go naked, 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 out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet 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.

The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.

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

“There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide 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; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like 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 will see me’; And he 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 break into houses Which they 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 the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

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 should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.

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

As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave consumes 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 womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree.

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

For he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow.

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

“But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life.

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

He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on 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 are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain.

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

“Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?”