1 W hy, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

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

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

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 hide themselves together.

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, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and 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 reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather 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 cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they 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 hey 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 T hey cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

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

11 W hich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

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

12 M en groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

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 hey are of those 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 rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night 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 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, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: 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 them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

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

18 H e is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not 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 the grave those which 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 wickedness 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 evil entreateth 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 H e draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

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

23 T hough it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet 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 for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

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 make 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?