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

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

2 S ome remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and feed thereof.

They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the 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 ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;

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

They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

5 B ehold, 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.

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

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

They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;

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

They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

8 T hey are wet with the floods of the mountains and embrace the rock for want of a covering.

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

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

These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 F or 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.

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

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

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

19 D rought and heat consume the snow waters; so does Sheol consume those who have sinned.

Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

20 T he 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.

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

21 H e afflicted the barren woman that did not conceive and never did good unto the widow.

He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

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

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

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

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

24 T hey 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.

They 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.

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

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